Going into the final corner of the opening road stage of the 2013 Route de France, Italian rider Giorgia Bronzini was in third place. Despite a number of attempts by riders to escape, it was clear by

A hollow victory is more fun than a respectable walloping

The BMC Teammachine has epitomised the lightweight race bike for the past 16 years. The latest version – reviewed in the last issue of Cyclist – continues the remit of maximum stiffness for minimum we

Colombian climber Julián Arredondo was never one to do anything by halves: ‘I was mixing drugs with alcohol and women. I took a little bit of everything, but it never filled this deep emptiness I had

The excellent article on Leyton House F1 [The team that fired Adrian Newey, March] brought back memories. I was their insurance broker at the time along with many other F1 teams and their principals.

Twenty years after cycling’s greatest scandal, Lance Armstrong remains a visible, vocal presence. Why does he still command such attention, asks Chris Marshall Bell