Four rides and a funeral

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

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

The British cycling icon talks James Shrubsall through her astonishing journey, on and off the bike

The Doc’s Spanish sojourn leaves him with glowing surface impressions

Time for a catch-up with a few of our memorable stories...

Boy, have I got news for you. First of all, Eddy Merckx, that grainy, handsome figure you get to see a few minutes of on World Of Sport each Saturday in July and who you want to be when you grow up –