'The pain on the bike was nowhere near as bad as my struggles with mental health' - meet Amy Hudson, who just completed all 21 stages of the Tour de France, plus transfers, four years after getting her first bike

A man and woman jump next to their bikes in Paris.

The mid-July sun is beating down on Amy Hudson as she pushes up the Col du Tourmalet in the French Pyrenees, legs burning, tears beginning to prick her eyes. It’s day 18 of her ride across every stage of the 2025 Tour de France route, (plus the transfers in between) and three more mountains loom ahead. This first climb is already the highest mountain she’s ever cycled.

“I always told myself that any pain I'm in, I've chosen to do it. I put myself in this position and it's a privilege to be in this position, so I have to just enjoy it.”