Great Britain’s best paracyclists dominated last weekend’s Paracycling International in Manchester as the countdown to Tokyo 2020 begins, and as Head of British Paracycling Jon Pett told MM, key preparation events like this would not be possible without the support of the National Lottery and the Exchequer.

Dame Sarah Storey hopes the inaugural integration of para-cycling into the TISSOT UCI Track World Cup will ensure its regular appearance in the years to come.

For most sportspeople, winning eight Paralympic medals and picking up an MBE along the way would be enough to call time on a successful career, but Claire Cashmore is no ordinary athlete.

Cycling legend Dame Sarah Storey is on the final day of her Join The Team crowdfunding campaign.

Four-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny admits she is champing at the bit to see what more special memories Manchester’s Dame Sarah Storey can give her this weekend.

Kadeena Cox holds up her Team GB backpack. “Feel how heavy that is!” she says, before placing it down and reaching into it for a yoghurt.

Six Day London came just a little too late for Dame Sarah Storey to cap a remarkable year with a triumphant return to the scene of her London 2012 heroics.

The parade will start from the Museum of Science and Industry and enter the Liverpool Road junction of Deansgate around 4:30pm where it will then continue for an hour before finally finishing at Albert Square.

Dame Sarah Storey’s record cycling gold this morning in Rio shows Manchester has been the bedrock for success at this summer’s Paralympic Games.

Dame Sarah Storey may not have been able to trouble the leaders at the inaugural Six Day London but the 11-time Paralympic champion insisted she couldn’t have asked for a better way to round off her season.

The end of a gruelling nine-month long season may be in sight but Disley’s Dame Sarah Storey admits she will be squeezing out every ounce of remaining energy to star at this week’s Six Day London.