Great Britain’s gold rush in the Velodrome in 2012 may seem impossible to live up to in Rio next year, but six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy insists there is every reason to expect a repeat performance.

Former Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins and British cycling’s golden couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott will all wow Manchester velodrome audiences at the national track championships later this month.

Lewis is keeping his feet firmly on the ground in the lead up to Rio 2016 by helping out as a volunteer at St Ann’s Hospice in Heald Green.

Team Sky’s performance director Rod Ellingworth and doctor Richard Usher were in Manchester last week to coincide with the launch of Rapha’s Tour du Courage exhibition, a series of pictures from this year’s epic battle across France won by team leader and Briton Chris Froome.

Six local residents have been chosen to become poster stars for the Life on 2 Wheels campaign, which will be launched at Sky Ride Manchester.

Manchester BMX Club’s 12-year-old sensation Lewis Holmes is already preparing to represent his country at the World Championships, just two years after taking up the sport completely by chance.

Bury twins Simon and Adam Yates have survived the first week of the Tour de France battling crosswinds, cobbles and crashes in one of the trickiest opening weeks in recent memory.

Bury twin brothers Simon and Adam Yates will roll off the start ramp in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to compete in the biggest cycling race on the planet, the Tour de France this morning.

Over the last month the city has hosted a number of activities and events including group bike rides, lessons in bike maintenance and repair, and idea pooling sessions to promote cycling as an attractive, accessible and fun way to travel.

Liam Phillips, 2013 BMX world champion, moved to Manchester seven years ago and is currently preparing for the July 21-25 World Championships to be held at Circuit Zolder in Belgium, a site better known for its Formula 1 pedigree.

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