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

Fans treated to two nail biting individual pursuit finals

Richardson and Finucane reign supreme with three golds apiece, reports Tom Davidson in Manchester

A hard earned return, championship one twos and world stage ambitions feature under the Arena UK spotlights

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