Sublime ryder smashes hillclimb record to seal winning double

Matthew Ryder underlined his growing status among the biggest names of hillclimbing by taking a second straight British Championship crown in 2025.

David Addison and Colin Casserley pick out the oval moments of 2025

The feverish roar built as I came into the corner and, for the only time in my limited racing ‘career’, I felt like an actual cycling hero, with a 200-strong crowd screaming me on, pots and pans smash

Two points: that’s how close Max Verstappen came to equalling Michael Schumacher’s feat of winning five consecutive Formula 1 world championships, despite having fallen more than 100 points behind in

World Cup

With six outright victories across the year, Michael Igoe was the most winning rally driver in the UK and Ireland in 2025. Paul Lawrence reports