“it was the essence of cycling. ‘someone else should do it,’ is our mantra”

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

Australian photographer Zac Williams has been covering cycling’s Grand Tours for years, and he’s of the opinion that there’s something for us all to savour when the superhuman riders – the Pogačars an

Saintly helpers make ultra-distance time trials tough to quit

For the Doc, riding alone is a blissfully thought-free zone

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

But Tadej Pogacar has the speed and stamina to eat up the toughest climbs of the Tour de France, says Simon Barnes