Big ride: italy steeped in history

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best kind of bike ride is one that takes you from A to B, and if you can’t do that – typically because you need to end up back where you started – a loo

When an invitation landed in Alice Barraclough’s inbox to cycle up Alpe d’Huez, she was grieving a miscarriage. And with every hairpin bend, she found herself processing her emotions in a way she wasn’t prepared for

In the heart of the Alps, JOE MACKIE upskills his trail technique and tastes the best of the Tour du Mont Blanc

To cycle up a mountain is to pedal into a world of paradoxes. Mountains are a playground and a torture chamber; a means of outdoor adventure and inner discovery; an opportunity for wonder, a guarantee

Shifting into the last cog on my cassette, my cadence slows to a grind. With 100km already on the clock, the 16% ramps of Injebreck Hill have turned every muscle fibre in my calves into little glowing

Just when you think you’ve found a hidden gem of French mountain cycling, the Tour de France pitches up and announces it as a finish of the biggest stage of the first week – and one of the most fun st