Tadej Pogacar has delivered an alternative reality for the true believers

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? With 23 titles in one rhapsodic year, the Slovenian has made an art of winning

Tadej Pogacar lands world road race championship to complete triple crown

Tadej Pogacar completed the triple crown in winning the world road race championship in Zurich

The Slovenian completed his triple crown of Giro, Tour and Worlds with a devastating ride from 100km out

Lotte Kopecky found a late burst of energy in Zurich to win gold after a minute’s silence had been held before the race for Muriel Furrer

Despite looking beaten with 17km to go, the Belgian recovered to secure back-to-back rainbow jerseys in hideously bad conditions in Switzerland

Eighteen-year-old from Yorkshire with two junior world titles in past week will not get carried away as she joins Movistar

The Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer has died a day after suffering a serious head injury at the world road race championships in Zurich

The Australian will retire having gone from not owning a bike less than a decade ago to winning Olympic and world titles in the same year

The Belgian recovered after his chain dropped off at the start while Australia’s Grace Brown won the women’s time trial

The professional rider says the demands of the outback odyssey are ‘wildly different’ from racing as he eyes fastest circumnavigation

The 28-year-old from Aberystwyth joins Sir Bradley Wiggins and Steve Cummings on a short, but prestigious list

Paul Magnier completed a hat-trick of stage wins in the Tour of Britain, which is led by Stevie Williams

Paul Magnier won his second stage in four days at the Tour of Britain, crossing the line before Ethan Vernon in Newark

Steve Williams held off Julian Alaphillipe in Redcar to add a Tour of Britain stage victory to an already stellar 2024 season with Israel-PremierTech