Tour of flanders 4 april, 1999

On 22nd November 1954, a 16-year-old cyclist from Harworth, Yorkshire, wrote a letter to Charles Pélissier, a great of French cycling and multiple Tour stage winner. The ambitious young rider was seek

Dutchwoman triumphs in the Ardèche after disappointing Worlds, writes Adam Becket

Slovenian conquers Kigali World Championships course to retain rainbow bands

Previous pages, top right: ‘The whole of Alto de El Morredero on Stage 17 was a barren, blackened landscape as far as the eye could see. Spain had had some of its worst ever wildfires there about a mo

Belgian bags third world title, and catches Pogačar in the process

In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy