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

I actually feel like I’m not much of a risk-taker,” says Louise Ferguson. These are unexpected words coming from the first woman to complete a top-to-bottom race run through the treacherous rocks, off

WHO IS DAISY CRAIG? I’m 13 years old and live in Derbyshire. I really like riding my trials bike and motorbike. HOW DID YOU GET INTO BIKES? I grew up around bikes because my dad has always ridden. I s

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

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 new national hill-climb champion on how she prepared to win her first ever red, white and blue bands