Ridelondon ‘paused’ for 2025

The Tour de France is still the only race that counts for ‘them’

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Protecting the Tour’s 3,500km route from sabotage is almost impossible, and history reminds us of the race’s vulnerability. Patrick Fletcher looks back on an extraordinary day from 1982

Greg Lemond and Bernard Hinault. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali… some of the best rivalries in sport have been a clash of styles, cultures and temperaments. Rocky IV was

This 2025 edition has more of everything. There’s one more stage – nine instead of last season’s eight. There’s more climbing – over 17,000m, and a mountain-fest from stage five onwards. More anticipa

Each Saturday morning, more than 200,000 Brits take part in a free 5km run. James Shrubsall explores what it would take for cycling to ride high on Parkrun’s example