The 12 apostles of downhill

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

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

The Tour de France is still the only race that counts for ‘them’

People who have shaped our world

David Addison is your guide to the changing motorsport landscape in the late 1970s and into the 1980s as the battles raged across the globe

Paul Double’s journey to the WorldTour may have taken a few extra years, but – as Chris Marshall- Bell finds out – his patience is paying off