Andrew Tierney is part of a new breed of cycling activists tackling a rise in online abuse head-on

As a new road cycling pantheon is launched, we ask who should be honoured for their efforts to promote cycling for all. Who would you nominate?

Billionaire bike-lover Sylvan Adams has a dream to get Israel cycling – he funded the Middle East’s first velodrome, set up a cycle network in car-centric Tel Aviv, and is behind the country’s first Grand Tour. But will it work?

Former pro-cyclist Doug Petty has been bringing cyclists to the Balearic island for more than 50 years to ride the famous hairpin bends on its spectacular mountain roads

Squint at Stevenage’s extensive 1960s protected cycleway network and you could be in the Netherlands – except for the lack of people on bikes. So why did the New Town’s residents choose the motor car over the bicycle?

‘Bicycle madness’ once saw US bike sales outstrip cars, and spawned ambitious plans for 100,000 miles of cycle paths. Then the music stopped