Serious cycling ‘keeps you young’

Not everyone can emulate Bradley Wiggins, but serious cycling may help to keep you young, scientists have discovered.

A study of fit amateur cyclists aged 55 to 79 found that many were physically and biologically much younger than most people of the same age.

The 81 male and 41 female participants underwent extensive tests of their heart, lung, neuromuscular, metabolic, and hormonal functions.