Sir Chris Hoy - 80 medals and counting

Sir Chris Hoy retired as one of track cycling's greatest having won an incredible 84 world and Olympic medals.

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Sir Chris Hoy flies to Melbourne next month for the UCI track world championships, the sixteenth in his career and his last competitive event before the London Olympics.

If all goes to plan (and last weekend's world cup suggests it will) it will secure him a place in the team sprint, individual sprint, and keirin at the Games; the three events he won gold in in 2008.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.