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'I'm getting older and the competitors are getting younger'

BySally HurstBBC Sport reporter
  • Published1 hour ago

Four laps, flat out, from a standing start. Legs and lungs screaming, lactic acid building.

The kilo, track cycling's one-kilometre time trial, has a punishing reputation.

And yet Jody Cundy has been putting himself through it for decades.

"At the end of it, your legs don't want to pedal. You're fighting everything," he tells BBC Sport. "But when you get it right, it's really cool."