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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

FRED WRIGHT T he stage race for ...

Drivers who won races at Reims didn’t have far to go for a glass or two of champagne. This wonderful old circuit, where slipstreaming down the super-fast straights was thrilling to behold, used undula

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

Your feature Great Lost Circuits reminds me each month of the Marlboro Motor Speedway in the States, right. This compact 1.8-mile track had nothing to do with the famous brand of cigarettes, but was s

13-year-old takes 100-mile win in Northumberland