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AGE: 29 FROM: FORT WILLIAM, SCOTLAND (BUT LIVES IN NEW ZEALAND) Since moving to Queenstown in 2020, Lou hasn’t only notched up some top downhill results, but she’s also taken her place at the forefron

AGE: 37 FROM: HAMPSHIRE It seems like ‘Brendog’ has been on the MTB scene forever – perhaps because he started racing DH at just 13. He was signed by the Royal Orange team aged 16, was mentored by Ste

Double national champion and in the top 20 at her first Burghley, this rider has had the season of her career so far – 20 years in the making. Bethany Stone meets her

One of Britain’s most successful road cyclists, the Otley rider’s career peaked with a stunning ride to win the Worlds in Virginia in 2015. A tireless leader in reshaping women’s fortunes in pro cycli

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18-year-old becomes first British junior men’s RR world champion, and it all started in the club scene