Cycling and moting 8 february, 1902

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

The first women’s Tour de France ran in 1955 – and then vanished. Stephanie Boland charts the long, winding road to its modern revival

... Tom Davidson asks riders if it’s what they really want

Switzerland is rich, especially in clichés. Many are largely true. There are some I’m not so interested in – banking, precision watches, nuclear shelters and referendums. But others, I certainly am –

The Doc’s half-arsed training’s not even fooling himself

The Doc hails the dizzying insanity of sport’s most dazzling spectacle