The story of Allan Peiper, seen here racing the Michelin Classic on the Isle of Wight, is one of highs and lows, triumph and sadness, love but above all adventure and friendship. The adventure started as a teenager in the 1970s. Allan left Australia at 17, on his own and moved

Today we give you a worm’s eye-view of three great champions; Eddy Merckx (left) Vittorio Adorni (centre), and Felice Gimondi. But we are going to talk about Adorni, and the effect he had on Eddy Merckx. Merckx says it was Adorni who helped him broaden his range, from a great

As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of Tom Simpson’s World Championship win, we are hosting a live podcast recording with Chris Sidwells and Gary Fairley of Cycling Legends Podcast, joined by Joanne Simpson, Tom’s daughter. They’ll be sharing personal stories and untold

Today’s photo is massive. This image represents a game changer for women’s cycling. By cutting through the noise to the front page of The Wall Street Journal, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot’s Tour de France victory at the weekend placed women’s cycling firmly in the media spotlight.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot’s glorious victory in the Tour de France Femmes completed a fabulous and very rare double; she won Paris-Roubaix and the Tour in the same year. Rare because it’s hard to think of two races more different. Rare also because the last man to do it was Bernard

This is Graham Jones, the first of a line of riders from the UK, Ireland and Australia to graduate from the long established French cycling club, ACBB into the Peugeot team, and have very successful pro careers. Jones was good, a talented all-rounder, who but for an illness

Following in Footsteps.We want to tell you about the team we’re involved with; where that are, what they are doing and why. The team is Simpson-Nouvelles, the ‘Simpson’ referring to Tom and our celebrations in September of the 60th anniversary of his victory in the 1965 men’s

What a race the Tour de France Femmes was, as good as the men’s with a less likely outcome so always in the balance. To celebrate we’re looking back at one of the pioneers of women’s cycling, a Dutch lady called Mien van Bree. She helped make the women’s Tour and other big races

René Vietto is one of the best Tour de France riders never to have won the Tour. Bad luck played a part. Vietto is the guy who when challenging for the overall in three separate Tours, had his forks break. He had to fix them himself, thus losing the race. But maybe there was

Gianni Motta (left), here with Raymond Poulidor during a mountain stage of the 1965 Tour de France, was one of those great riders who looked like being one of the greatest, but it never quite happened. His pro debut, made only one year before this photo was taken, was

We’re giving you some Italian steel today. A race-winning retro bike, just like the ones we show as part of the annual Simpson Retro we organise in September (there's a link below). This one was ridden by Italian star Antonio Bevilacqua when he won Paris-Roubaix in 1951 as part

Just over 6 weeks to go now until Simpson Retro, tickets are selling fast and plans are coming together!. As part of Simpson Retro there will be a fantastic retro bike display. We've already announced Beryl Burton's TI-Raleigh time trial bike and Fausto Coppi's 1959 Coppi branded

This is the Frenchman Jean Robic climbing the Col d’Izoard in splendid isolation during stage 8 of the 1947 Tour de France, the first Tour after the Second World War. The stage went from Briancon to Digne, so this image was taken on a short uphill kick that is part of the

You’ll still see signs like this on the sides of buildings throughout the UK. It’s the winged wheel, symbol of the Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC), which was rebranded Cycling UK in 2016. This is its story. Founded in 1878 the CTC is the UK’s oldest cycling body, and the signs were

This is a still from the film Stars and Water Carriers by Danish film director Jorgen Leth. It was shot during the 1973 Giro d’Italia, and was the first of three films that are among the most celebrated in cycling. Leth needed someone inside the pro peloton to make the films

One of the greatest moments in British cycling history is captured in this image. Sir Bradley Wiggins in the yellow jersey leading out Mark Cavendish in the rainbow jersey on the final lap of the Champs-Elysees at the end of the 2012 Tour de France. This is the story behind that

This is one of our favourite cycling images ever. It’s from the 1954 Tour of Flanders, but we don’t know who the rider is. His name on the original caption was illegible, so if you know please tell us. What the image does for us is convey the passion Flemish people have for

How we miss him. Barry Hoban, who passed away earlier this year after a long battle with cancer, was constantly supportive of Cycling Legends Media. He was even a valuable part of our podcast team at one time. Listeners loved his stories, and we’ll rerelease many of them in the

🎶 New Cycling Legends Podcast out now!. After 8 stages and 947km of racing, last year’s Tour de France Femmes came down to just 4 seconds on the Alpe d’Huez. With an extra stage and more names in the frame for the GC battle, Gary Fairley previews this year’s race. 🎶 Cycling

Today the 2025 Tour de France finishes at the ski resort of La Plagne. It’s not a finish often used, but many great riders have won there. One of them, Laurent Fignon, won twice, but La Plagne is famous for another rider, and for a voice. The rider is Stephen Roche, and the