PEDAL-O-METER

Sometimes the wind’s at your back, sometimes it’s all uphill

LUKE WHO’S BACK

Team Sky’s Luke Rowe made a tentative return to cycling three months on from his horror injury. He rode gentle laps of Newport Velodrome to ease his way back from the white water rafting injury on his brother’s stag that shattered his leg.

TOKYO LIFT

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic men’s road race will climb the lower slopes of the stunning Mount Fuji, according to local reports, although the women’s race will avoid it.

BRAKING NEWS

As the popularity of disc brakes continues to grow, British Cycling has announced that they will be allowed in all levels of domestic road and closed circuit races from 1 January 2018.

SAG GOES TO CAS

The fallout from Peter Sagan’s DQ from this year’s Tour de France continues. The Slovak and his team are taking the UCI to court, contesting the ruling.

VARNISHED TRUTH

Former GB sprinter Jess Varnish is suing British Cycling and UK Sport. Her case follows on from being dropped from British Cycling’s elite programme last year in controversial circumstances.

SAFETY PLEA

The brother of the late Michele Scarponi has called for better safety for cyclists. “How do cyclists manage to train out on the road?” asked Marco Scarponi. “There’s a real risk that someone sets off from home for a ride and doesn’t come back.”