In focus

hey say that Wales is home to more sheep than people, the UK has more potholes than miles of road, and at any given time a third of all French workers are on strike. But should you believe them? In my

Australian photographer Zac Williams has been covering cycling’s Grand Tours for years, and he’s of the opinion that there’s something for us all to savour when the superhuman riders – the Pogačars an

It’s hard to imagine a better place to start a ride. At 1,326m Briançon is the highest city in France. And with 300 clear days a year on average, it’s also one of the sunniest. To describe the morning

Years ago before GPS or Loran C made navigation a whole lot easier, I was headed up this coast on an overnight passage from the Strait of Messina to Camerota on the underbelly of Capo Palinuro. I was

To cycle up a mountain is to pedal into a world of paradoxes. Mountains are a playground and a torture chamber; a means of outdoor adventure and inner discovery; an opportunity for wonder, a guarantee

Nestled among the jagged pinnacles of the Dolomites at the rock summit of the 2,239m Passo Pordoi is a blue-green bronze monument that commemorates the Italian legend Fausto Coppi. The five-time Giro