In focus

Times are changing at the world’s biggest bike race. For most of us watching at home, the more fans, the more razzmatazz, the more hullaballoo the better. The carefully distilled passion fills up our

Length: 21.3km Elevation gain: 1,142m Average gradient: 5% Maximum gradient: 12% The Colle del Nivolet in north-west Italy is the most beautiful mountain road in the world. Fact. But that’s not the on

In the first week of September, this year’s six-stage Tour of Britain runs from east to west, finishing in Wales

Legend has it that Winnats got its name from the words ‘wind gates’. If you say it fast enough and imagine it coming from the mouth of an ancient Peakland shepherd shouting over a howling gale blowing

True to form, this year’s Vuelta doesn’t shy away from the high mountains and offers just two nailed-on sprint stages

Over his 12 years as a professional rider, Thierry Gouvenou never stood atop the podium. But in his 12 years designing stage routes, the 56-year-old Frenchman has built a reputation as the artist behi