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'Approachable, engaging, and insightful': Remembering Nicolas Portal

Nicolas Portal’s easygoing character and instinctive tactical insight made him one of cycling’s best team directors

'If you’re good enough, you’re old enough': Cycling's golden generation are turning perceived wisdom on its head

How cycling's golden generation are ripping up the rule book

Why Chris Froome shouldn't be dismissed from the Tour de France reckoning

As he makes his return to racing at the UAE Tour, Froome's ambition of taking a fifth Tour title shouldn't be ruled out just yet

Dr Hutch: I can't afford the only greatness I have to be overlooked

The Doc finds that demonstrating his cycling superiority outside the context of a race is not as easy as he had hoped

Should you ride your bike on Christmas Day?

How many cycling milestones have you achieved?

We all tick off these established comings-of-age eventually...

Rocking the six-day lifestyle: Katie Archibald column

'The men go out after the racing most nights, meanwhile my late night entertainment was Neah removing huge wood splinters from her leg'

The long road to Apeldoorn: Katie Archibald column

'I had left school with a plan to spend a year working abroad before going to university, but when the Glasgow velodrome opened I knew I wanted to ride that track, a lot'

The simple bed necessities: Katie Archibald column

'One option if I get kicked off the squad tomorrow is to strip back to the bare essentials. That would be five bikes, a mattress on the floor, a microwave, and a toothbrush'

'I’ve been competing for air time on the family WhatsApp': Katie Archibald column

'What’s a win at the Poland GP when your brother is on the podium at the World Champs?'

Fast food: Katie Archibald column

'Oh yeah, of course, when Katie calls in for her take-away she always checks if I want something as well.'

'I'd like to be a coach one day, I keep a little book of good and bad traits': Katie Archibald column

'Maybe it’s better if your boss is a meany all of the time and at least you know to brace'

I asked for the performance sheets be changed from 'man one' to 'rider one': Katie Archibald column

'I just decided it was annoying, and no one would notice either way, so what’s the harm in having it this way?'

'So I asked, casually, if he’d ever tried blood doping': Katie Archibald column

'It’s not that I had such a loose grip on moral ethics that I thought cheating was OK, it’s simply that I was a moron'

'Fighting form': Katie Archibald column

'I’m never sure if it’s polite to say you aren’t on form. I hate to hear it from other people'

12 ways to spot an Instacyclist, instantly

We all know one...

Katie Archibald column: On tour at home

'My mother has planned her watching logistics just as carefully as we have our racing logistics'

Was the Tour de France 2019 the greatest edition in history?

The 2019 Tour de France has offered countless twists and endless drama, the likes of which hasn’t been seen for many editions.

The evolution of Team Ineos: More than just masters of the mountains

Sean Yates Tour de France column: It’s not a surprise Alaphilippe is in yellow, but he won’t last the week

We’re through the opening week of the 2019 Tour de France, and we’ve had something for everyone.

Katie Archibald column: Call me lucky

'Crashing wasn’t very lucky but it’s only one side of my body that’s scabby. That’s pretty lucky, right?'

Sean Yates Tour de France column: Thomas is the proven champion, but Bernal can win this Tour

In his Tour de France column, yellow jersey wearer and stage winner Sean Yates analyses the dual leadership of the British squad Team Ineos

He may be missing the Tour, but don’t write off Mark Cavendish just yet

He may have missed out on selection for the Tour, but Mark Cavendish has made a career out of bouncing back

Katie Archibald column: A mad dash for the Madison

'Qualification heats would now be taking place a few hours after we landed in Milan. Luckily, doing a warm-up before qualifications is for dweebs'

Katie Archibald column: ‘I’m not wheelie bad, I’m tragic'

"So you’re trying to do wheelies to impress that boy," she said to me. I was pretty embarrassed.