The British cycling icon talks James Shrubsall through her astonishing journey, on and off the bike

Below: ‘The Roubaix finish line is different to other races. You can’t be straight on because there are still riders doing laps of the track. I’d only arrived about four minutes before winner Pauline

When Keegan Swenson crossed the finish line to win the gruelling Leadville Trail 100 MTB race in a time of five hours and 45 minutes, as soon as the celebrations died down, it was his Santa Cruz Blur

Baffled by a rumour that Olympic runner Georgia Hunter Bell does most of her training by bike, Tom Davidson investigates just how well running and cycling can complement each other

GORKA MÁRQUEZ

The new national hill-climb champion on how she prepared to win her first ever red, white and blue bands