In one phrase, petite Laura Trott, Essex girl and now double Olympic champion, became the embodiment of British Cycling. ‘Once I got that winning feeling that was it, I really didn’t want to not win,’ she said.

When I started cycling, Laura Trott was the Under 12 national champion and I was good friends with her older sister Emma. I remember telling Emma I'd heard how good she was.

Laura Trott, Dani King and Elinor Barker won Great Britain's first gold of the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships with victory in the women's team pursuit in Minsk.

Laura Trott will be looking to repeat her London Olympics triumph over Sarah Hammer as she bids to complete a Track Cycling World Championship double in Minsk on Sunday afternoon.

The London 2012 medallist has teamed up with First Choice to launch a holiday cycling scheme aimed at children whose parents are too busy to teach them.

Two of cycling’s governing bodies pledged their support for Glasgow 2014 and distanced themselves from claims by the sport’s ‘golden couple’ Jason Kenny and Laura Trott that the Commonwealth Games are a ‘devalued’ competition.

When it comes to race day, Katie Archibald likes to be organised. From what time she awakes, to when she will eat and warm up, no stone is left unturned.

NICK HARRIS: The Scots think of Irn-Bru as their national soft drink and for a long time it has been marketed under the slogan: ‘Made in Scotland from girders.’ Well, England’s Laura Trott was made in Essex from tungsten.

London 2012 double Olympic champion Laura Trott set aside her anxiety to win the first of six disciplines in the women's omnium on day two of the Track Cycling World Cup in London.

Shane Sutton wants his British cycling team to be ‘Rio ready’ by January 1, 2015, which makes this weekend’s track cycling World Cup in London perfectly timed.

Olympic champion Laura Trott extended her lead in the women's omnium to remain on course for Great Britain's fourth gold of the Track World Cup in London.

The 22-year-old tweeted: 'Merry Christmas everyone :) I've had the most amazing couple of days thanks to @JasonKenny107 and the whole family #engaged X'

Laura Trott and Great Britain experienced the unfamiliar feeling of returning from a Track World Championships without a gold medal following the final day of the titles.

Laura Trott won her second gold medal of the European Track Cycling Championships by following up her team pursuit medal with a win in the scratch race.

Laura Trott claimed a dominant victory in the omnium at the opening round of the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali. The double Olympic champion led by 10 points going into Sunday's final events.

Cycling’s Revolution Series regularly brings together top-class fields and it will be no different when it rolls into Glasgow and the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome later this month.

Laura Trott took an 18-point lead into the final points race on Sunday which allowed her to beat USA's Sarah Hammer into second place.

MATT LAWTON - EXCLUSIVE: As Sportsmail revealed last month, their inclusion in the first post-Rio squad was under review with Laura now expecting their first child.

I have a long-running dispute with my husband, Michael Mosley, about his cycling, which seems to me to be rather reckless

Kate Lister, author of A History of Sex, makes plain people have always wanted to turn sex 'into a moral issue', with complex social structures and taboos.

If you were wondering why Rory McIlroy is sporting a leaner look these days, a memorable video posted on social media on Tuesday rather gave the game away.

The younger sister of reality TV personalities Mark and Jessica Wright is currently adhering to strict lockdown policies in the fight against coronavirus Covid-19 by remaining at home.

PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) - This year's Tour of Spain will not go through Portugal as planned because of the COVID-19 crisis, organisers said on Saturday."Due...

The Geordie Shore, 24, slipped into a pair of skintight lycra cycling shorts which highlighted her peachy derriere as she stepped out in Newcastle on Tuesday.

Cycling's drug problem has been well documented for years, but for once the sport was happy to assist in catching those committing doping violations - albeit accidentally.

The former Team Sky head coach gave evidence at the tribunal of Dr Richard Freeman, who is accused of ordering 30 banned Testogel sachets to the National Cycling Centre in May 2011.

MATT LAWTON ON THE COL DU TOURMALET: Owner of Ineos Jim Ratcliffe must have sat in the team car on Saturday afternoon and wondered if he had just bought a cycling team in decline.

MATT LAWTON IN NIMES: The tone was one of defiance; the message that Team Ineos are not dead yet. As Sir Dave Brailsford was quick to point out, they sit second and fifth.

MATT LAWTON IN PARIS: Wiggins and Thomas believe Team Ineos will continue to dominate the Tour de France with a young Colombian cyclist who could turn out to be the greatest in history.

The 34-year-old suffered multiple broken bones after he collided with a wall during this year's event, but is ahead in his recovery and is targeting next year's race as a potential return date.

The 55-year-old cycling coach confirmed in an interview with The Times that he has had surgery on a tumour which doctors discovered after flagging up concerns over blood tests.

The most successful cyclist in history, Eddy Merckx, is in intensive care after falling during a bike ride with friends. He was admitted to Dendermonde hospital in Belgium on Sunday.

The legendary road race is scheduled to start in Nice on June 27 but it will now either be postponed or scrapped altogether, with a decision expected later this week.

'Pension recycling' allows people to boost their retirement pot by generating extra tax relief - but anyone tempted risks a financial penalty if they overstep the rules.

Team Ineos principal Dave Brailsford is convinced Chris Froome will fight to return to top-level cycling after his life-threatening crash. Froome suffered extensive injuries when his bike hit a wall at 35mph.

Chris Froome has become the 2011 Spanish Vuelta winner because of Juan Jose Cobo's disqualification for blood doping. Cobo did not meet a deadline to challenge his three-year ban.

MATT LAWTON ON THE COL DU TOURMALET: Owner of Ineos Jim Ratcliffe must have sat in the team car on Saturday afternoon and wondered if he had just bought a cycling team in decline.

The 34-year-old suffered multiple broken bones after he collided with a wall during this year's event, but is ahead in his recovery and is targeting next year's race as a potential return date.

Chris Froome is back in hospital again after cutting his thumb with a kitchen knife. Froome's hopes of a record-equalling fifth Tour title this year were ended in violent fashion in June when he crashed heavily.

Chris Froome is due to compete in the end-of-season Saitama Creiterium, which will be his first race since suffering a horror crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in June.

Chris Froome shared a photo of himself as he steps up recovery from a life-threatening crash that left him with broken legs, ribs and elbow and neck.

Chris Froome's comeback from career-threatening injuries gathered pace in Paris as the four-time Tour de France winner targeted victory in next year's race.

The Mayor of London has come under heavy fire for failing to increase capacity on the Tube ahead of an expected rise in passengers as the Prime Minister looks to ease people back to work.

MATT LAWTON IN PARIS: Wiggins and Thomas believe Team Ineos will continue to dominate the Tour de France with a young Colombian cyclist who could turn out to be the greatest in history.

Sir Bradley Wiggins, from London, has revealed he won't be pushing his 'very talented' son into becoming a professional cyclist - claiming that doing so to bask in the reflected glory would be 'cruel'.

At the world's biggest ship-recycling yard at Alang, India, life is becoming harder as fewer ships arrive. Here's why. Photo: Karan Deep Singh/The Wall Street Journal

At the world's biggest ship-recycling yard at Alang, India, life is becoming harder as fewer ships arrive. Here's why. Photo: Karan Deep Singh/The Wall Street Journal

The migrant family was headed to Chhattisgarh on a bicycle after they reportedly ran out of resources during the ongoing lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Cham : Springer, 2020.