Cross-country olympic course preview

I’M LYING ON A MATTRESS IN ROS’S FRONT GARDEN, arms folded over her garden wall. Half a mile away the first bike leaves the line. Before it gets to us in about 13 seconds time it will already have had

Thursday 26 Sunday 29 June | Ceredigion, Wales

Ditch the snow for shred at BikePark Wales, a ski-inspired resort in the Welsh mountains that might just be Britain’s best-kept MTB secret

12,000KM TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD Trail ...

It’s hard to imagine a better place to start a ride. At 1,326m Briançon is the highest city in France. And with 300 clear days a year on average, it’s also one of the sunniest. To describe the morning

■ Distance: 9¼ miles/14.8km ■ Time: 7 hours ...