Great inventions of cycling

‘Who are the French guys who can win the Tour this year? It’s a subject that’s served at the table every July,’ says Romain Bardet, whose second place in 2016 is the closest a Frenchman has come to br

Last Sunday, some five million people watched the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. Not many of them were European – the concept of an oval track is just too baffling for most racing fans raised

Eighty years before Britain celebrated its first Tour de France winner, one man set the wheels in motion. Feargal McKay traces the legacy of Bill Mills, a forgotten pioneer

A month or so ago, a 50th anniversary went unnoticed by most followers of Formula One statistics. In the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, Italian Lella Lombardi became the first, and so far the only, woman to

With the global sportscar scene buoyant right now and Le Mans upcoming, Matt James reflects back to a time when the World Sportscar Championship disappeared altogether against a highly political backdrop in 1991

During the night of 27th April 2024 – just 15 hours before the 18th edition of the men’s Rutland-Melton CiCLE Classic – the rain began. Race founder Colin Clews watched anxiously as heavy clouds drenc