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Rider History
Women's Cycling
Magdeleine Vallières’ 2026 season and her year in the rainbow jersey
From Strade Bianche and the Ardennes to the Giro, Tour de France Femmes and a painful home World Championships, a close look at Magdeleine Vallières’ 2026 season.
Women's Cycling
Nicole Cooke’s 2008 season and the Olympic and world road race double
How Nicole Cooke won the Olympic road race in Beijing and the world title in Varese seven weeks later in 2008.
Women's Cycling
Marianne Vos vs Annemiek van Vleuten achievements and careers compared
Marianne Vos and Annemiek van Vleuten dominated women's cycling in different ways. Compare their world titles, Grand Tours, Olympic records and racing strengths.
Women's Cycling
Alfonsina Strada: her Giro d’Italia story and enduring impact
Alfonsina Strada became the only woman to start the men's Giro d'Italia when she lined up in 1924. She rode through an exceptionally long...
Men's Cycling
Mario Cipollini: sprint dominance, publicity and a difficult legacy
Mario Cipollini was cycling's most recognisable sprinter for much of the 1990s and early 2000s. His record includes 42 Giro d'Italia stage victories, 12...
Men's Cycling
Vin Denson dies aged 90: the British Tour de France pioneer who rode with Anquetil and Simpson
Vin Denson, the British Tour de France pioneer and first British rider to win a Giro d’Italia stage, has died aged 90. His story stretches from Jacques Anquetil to Tom Simpson.
Men's Cycling
Dave Brailsford: the victories, methods and controversies that reshaped British cycling
Dave Brailsford helped change the place of British cycling in world sport, first through the national track programme and then through Team Sky's domination...
Men's Cycling
Marc Gomez and the 286km escape that won Milan-Sanremo in 1982
How French neo-professional Marc Gomez won the 1982 Milan-Sanremo from a 13-rider break, then claimed the French title and three Vuelta stage wins.
Men's Cycling
Johan van der Velde – brilliance, volatility and one of Dutch cycling’s strangest careers
Johan van der Velde's career is difficult to reduce to a conventional list of wins. At his best, the Dutchman could climb with the...
Men's Cycling
Nairo Quintana career retrospective: from San Luca to Giro and Vuelta glory
Nairo Quintana will roll away from Ferrara on Saturday knowing that, for the first time in more than 15 years, there is no next...
Men's Cycling
Walter Godefroot: the Belgian Classics great who thrived in the Merckx era
Walter Godefroot belonged to a generation of Belgian riders for whom the biggest one-day races were every bit as important as the Tour de...
Men's Cycling
José De Cauwer: from Tour domestique to Belgian cycling’s trusted voice
José De Cauwer has occupied several different positions in Belgian cycling without ever fitting neatly into one of them. He was a professional rider...
