Q&a ian botham

The Irish EF Education-EasyPost rider talks breakfast innovation, high-torque training and the mental challenges of racing

Rugby League was an opportunity to express myself when I was young. Give a big kid a rugby ball and he can run through people, so it became my career. I played in the Super League for Salford City Red

Ordinary runners doing extraordinary things

After riding a tandem the length of Britain stopping only by pubs, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham argue that bikes and beer do mix – and that pedal-pushers need to keep pint-pullers in business

Young climber looking to emulate the 1990s star riders who set him on his path to the pro ranks

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