Money Talks
Ned Boulting on cycling’s uneasy hunt for sustainable income, and the uncomfortable truths behind road racing’s money problem.
Tour de Suisse: Peak Practice
A photo essay from the glorious Swiss Alps, as the Tour de Suisse plays out against the mountains in all its high-altitude glory.
Photography by Photographs by Anthony Leutenegger
1 DECEMBER 2019 | UPDATED 11.12 AM BST
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Off the Bike, On the Mic
Romain Bardet swaps the saddle for the commentary box, going off-grid before watching the Worlds unfold in Harrogate.
The Knowledge: Tom Pidcock
The young British phenomenon on offsetting his carbon footprint, planting trees and life at Trinity Racing.
Being Bjarne
Three years spent pinning down Bjarne Riis, and Morten Okbo finally lands the big fish: the 1996 Tour winner and team owner, a man of few words with much to say.
Fausto Coppi: Prisoner of War
The lost wartime years of Il Campionissimo: how the great Fausto Coppi was captured in North Africa and held as a prisoner of war.
One Team Men
From loyal domestiques to superstar sprinters, eight riders who never left home explain what a lifetime of loyalty to one team really means.
Schmoozing
Philippa York gives a view from the other side, on the strange rituals of the bike-race circuit and life among the sport’s great and good.
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In printIssue 144
The Tour Issue
Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.
In printIssue 144
The Tour Issue
Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.
