You might have noticed in the news there’s a major event in British history coming up soon.

No, we’re not talking about Sir Bradley Wiggins attempt to beat Alex Dowsett’s hour record – instead, this week we will go to the polls to decide who will be running the country for the next five years.

As the general election draws nearer, we wondered what it’d be like if some of the key figures vying for the keys to Number 10 had decided to devote their professional lives to the peloton and not politics.

Find out on the following pages which gurning French pro is the cycling alter-ego of Nigel Farage and which of the main party leaders has the most in common with Slovak sprinter Peter Sagan, plus all the other party leaders and their respective cycling soul mates.