A vintage year for records

Want to cycle 1,000 miles across rugged Scottish terrain, climbing more than twice the height of Everest? Oh, and it’s totally unsupported. Then try the Trans Alba race: you don’t have to be mad to do it, but it probably helps!

Revered road bike TT mark takes a double beating

Pat Kinsella takes on the Hourglass, a race against time where runners must be both tortoise and hare

1973 LE MANS 24 HOURS June 9-10, Le Mans, France CHEVROLET CORVETTE C3 1st in class When in 1971 the Le Mans organisers rescinded its ban on female drivers – in place since Annie Bousquet’s fatal cras

GB’s Sam Dickinson is shown the way at French Riviera T100 on 30 August. The Paris Olympics hero would cross the line in third place in his 100k debut, behind Jelle Geens (BEL) in second and a resurge

F or sprint cyclists, the track might be ...