In the early 1900s there was no bigger cycling star than Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor. Cycling’s first black world champion, Taylor achieved success in the face of much discrimination, touring Europe, Australia and North America and winning in the world’s most famous velodromes, writes Giles Belbin
In celebration of the centenary of her birth, Giles Belbin looks back on the career of the gifted administrator whose drive and tenacity enabled her to shape the sport into what it is today and become the godmother of women’s cycling
Sixty-five years ago Britain sent a full team to Le Tour for the first time. Giles Belbin tells the story of Team GB’s historic debut
