The last dance

Once you’ve won an Olympic gold medal and earned your way through to the big league, why would you ever go back to race against the weekend warriors? If you win, well that’s because you’re a full-time

When Masters racer Richard Oakes spoke, Chris Sidwells listened – and realised the multiple world champion’s hard-won wisdom was too good not to share

FIGHTING ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH

Something occurred to me when reading Ned Boulting’s latest book – it was possible that ITV’s long-serving commentator and reporter has never watched the Tour de France on television. So, I put it to

FAVOURITE Tour de France moment “The stage 20 time trial in 2020, on La Planche des Belles Filles [between Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar]. I’d never seen a stage 20 reversal on GC and I didn’t see t

In an era dominated by Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, how do the underdogs of the peloton summon the courage to keep hoping and attacking?