Aussie gold hunter

Cyclist: What did you learn most about yourself last season? Mattias Skjelmose: That I’m a fighter, I don’t give up. I’ll take my knocks but I’ll always stand back up. The whole season was pretty much

Now in his third year at Visma Lease a Bike, the British climber is looking forward to taking more leadership roles this season

Anglo-Irish rivalry is a traditional feature of the Cheltenham Festival, but, recently, it’s been a one-sided battle in Ireland’s favour. This year, however, Jack Watkins suggests that British trainers could stage a fightback

Colombian climber Julián Arredondo was never one to do anything by halves: ‘I was mixing drugs with alcohol and women. I took a little bit of everything, but it never filled this deep emptiness I had

Inside the brutal boat race build-up

The heat is real now. Intense sun from above and the road radiating heat up from below. My tri-suit feels like a microwave bag, stuffy and claustrophobic. I’m a pale, middle-aged, Scotsman. I wonder i