The contenders

The Tour de France is skewing younger than ever, but can the peloton’s elder statesmen still cut it at the sharp end? James Shrubsall explores what it takes to age gracefully as a Grand Tour racer

A fresh impetus behind grand prix racing breaks down the barriers. Matt James looks back

People who have shaped our world

It was a decade of British success across a turbulent landscape. Matt James picks out some highlights

One minute we were rubbing in the sun cream, the next hunkering under brollies as the good old UK weather kept the British Touring Car Championship guessing at bucolic Oulton Park. The series’ annual

Fairy tales can come true, and the UK experienced a purple patch early on in the century with two home-grown grand prix title winners.