A hollow victory is more fun than a respectable walloping

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

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

The Doc muses on the transferable skills of a bike racer

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

Taking on rides of hundreds of kilometres, Audax is a true test of endurance and resilience. India Paine meets four women helping to reshape a male-dominated discipline