Below: ‘The Roubaix finish line is different to other races. You can’t be straight on because there are still riders doing laps of the track. I’d only arrived about four minutes before winner Pauline

A lot can happen in just four seconds. A dropped object falls 78.4m. The Earth travels 120km. A top sprinter runs 40m. A Grand Tour turns on its head. When the Tour de France Femmes kicked off under c

This city in southeastern France is known for its ancient history and legendary culinary scene — but it’s also worth visiting for its forward-looking green initiatives and young chefs who aren’t afraid to experiment

I have a terrible habit of signing up for races I’m wholly unsuitable for. First there was the fatbike challenge in the Arctic Circle in midwinter – a chilly affair that saw me trudging through the sn

WITH SUMMER ALMOST over, we at last managed an all-too-short driving holiday, discovering the Val de Loire region of France over seven days in our 2005 Maserati Cambiocorsa. That the Loire is one of t

Decades after growing apart, Simon Fellows and his brothers reunite to breathe new life into old bonds on a 1,000-mile ride across France