Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal.

In one interview with the Sunday Times, he says doctors have told him he has two to four years to live.

The 48-year-old Scot unveiled earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with cancer.

Hoy told the newspaper that he had known for a year that his cancer was terminal.

Hoy won six Olympic gold medals between 2004 and 2012 – the second-highest total of any British Olympian, behind Sir Jason Kenny’s tally of seven.

He retired from cycling in 2013 and has been a regular pundit and commentator in recent years as part of BBC Sport’s cycling coverage.

He had not previously disclosed the type of cancer.

But he told the Sunday Times that he had been diagnosed with primary prostate cancer, which had spread to his bones – meaning it was stage four.

Tumors were discovered on his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and rib.

Sir Chris told the newspaper: ‘As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.

“You know, we’re all born and we’re all going to die, and this is just part of the process.

“Remind yourself: Aren’t I lucky that I can take medication that will hold this off for as long as possible.”