t was the best of croissants, it was the worst of croissants. Yesterday I experienced all-butter nirvana at an impromptu patisserie pitstop somewhere outside of Grenoble. Today I’m click-clacking arou

Not many successful breakaways involve almost 5,000m of climbing over 324km, but that’s exactly what Napoleon Bonaparte pulled off in just six days in the spring of 1815. After escaping from exile on

What makes for a great World Championships? The course? The performances? The backdrop? The roster? The crowds? The history-making? The list goes on, but as the starter’s pistol sounded to release the

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Context is everything. A statement such as ‘the most dangerous animal in the country’ gets a different reaction depending on whether you’re talking about the UK, where it’s likely to be a cow, or Aust

Israel-Premier Tech’s name change can’t erase cycling’s political fault lines, writes Chris Marshall-Bell , as the threat of protest looms over next year’s Tour de France