Quick steps to the top

Paul Double’s journey to the WorldTour may have taken a few extra years, but – as Chris Marshall- Bell finds out – his patience is paying off

Looking for: Evenepoel to get closer to Pogačar

Where once it was all about a rider flogging themselves and racing by feel, now it’s about slick aerodynamics, no junk miles and huge amounts of number crunching. In fact, you could argue that road cy

When Jasper Philipsen was a child, long before he was winning Tour de France stages on a regular basis, he dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. Despite hailing from the same town as Belgian

The Briton spent four years earning his stripes in the U23 ranks and now he’s impressing as a neo-pro for Bahrain Victorious

Hailing from Yorkshire – despite his Continental-sounding name – the Picnic PostNL rider is in his first season in the WorldTour