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

The Doc muses on the transferable skills of a bike racer

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

He won 10 TTs, eight North West 200s and 32 Southern 100s – but Ian Lougher wanted to be Barry Sheene rather than a road racing legend

The reigning national endurance champion tells Martha Terry about the full-circle moment of completing her second 160km ride, her sport’s unique camaraderie and what makes a horse a winner