Long Reads

A cycling legend if ever there was one, Rik Van Looy rarely gives interviews, but he gave one to Chris Sidwells a few years ago. This is what was said.

New cyclists maybe don’t know Les West, a top British rider in the 1960s and ‘70s who raced mostly in the UK. Only two GB riders have ever finished higher in the men’s elite road race championships. This is his story.

King of six-day racing when six-day racing really mattered, Patrick Sercu talks about his team mate, rival and great friend, Eddy Merckx. 

The De Vlaemincks are Flemish cycling icons, cyclo-cross world champions, Roger once and Eric seven times. Roger won Paris-Roubaix four times, as well as every other monument.

In the 1950s a bird-like climber fluttered up mountains as if on wings. They called him the ‘Angel of the Mountains’ and he won the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. His name is Charly Gaul.