“i’ve always wondered how commentators would get on if they tried to be sports directors”

Staying cool when a big name turns up at your local race is mandatory

Times are changing at the world’s biggest bike race. For most of us watching at home, the more fans, the more razzmatazz, the more hullaballoo the better. The carefully distilled passion fills up our

The race director of top-level GT contests, BRSCC chairman and successful racer in his own right tells Graham Keilloh about it all

Over his 12 years as a professional rider, Thierry Gouvenou never stood atop the podium. But in his 12 years designing stage routes, the 56-year-old Frenchman has built a reputation as the artist behi

He stands uncomfortably at the edge of the crowd, sipping from a bottle of beer. After a lifetime of wearing cleats, he’s like an astronaut getting used to gravity again. His sinewy frame belies his a

Getting in prime physical and mental shape to hit a fitness goal over a period of many months is no mean feat. It’s like a game of snakes and ladders, where the temptation to skip early, vital stages