Simon Richardson

The Tour de France in Yorkshire in 2014. In was in a small town, just north of Leeds, when it first dawned on me. I was in the car, driving the route of stage one with our photographer Andy Jones when we came to a small rise in the road and had to stop. There were people at the side of the road, people walking up and down the road, people everywhere. Leeds city centre had been packed for the roll out, but that was to be expected.

Women's Wentworth GP 2025. British Cycling has launched a new wide ranging competition framework as it looks to revive a flagging domestic racing scene over the coming years. The plan, published on Thursday afternoon, looks at all aspects of a cyclist's touch points with the sport, from discovering as a newcomer to racing at the highest level of domestic competition.

A young male cyclist on an indoor bike. While live power outputs, avatars, training-plan-bar-graphs and virtual worlds keep our eyes focused on the screens in front of us when we're on our indoor trainers, we still need something to listen to. So for Indoor Training Week we asked the CW team what fills their ears (and sometimes eyes as well) while they're spinning away in solitary confinement in their pain cave. AKA, spare bedroom or garage.