If you’ve ever wondered what an Olympic breakfast is like…it’s pretty much the same as a normal one (all be it a normal healthy one). Cereal. Yoghurt. Fruit. Coffee. I think I saw some beans in there too, but I’d … Continue reading →

A day out with the Wiggle Honda Women’s Pro Cycling Team. A morning ride and an evening ride every day. Blue skies and green and yellow fields lined up to welcome our international guests for the first of their daily constitutionals. … Continue reading →

A head full of Prosecco and ears full of Euro electro noise, I awoke late and leisurely wandered down to breakfast to see a line of journalists and riders congregating by a room designated to a product launch, scheduled for … Continue reading →

The last time I was in Vicenza was 1984. We stayed at a monastery for some reason (probably the last place with a room) and I watched the European Cup final on TV with a load of monks. Roma v … Continue reading →

It seems that time has flown by more quickly over the last few weeks than rain has been falling from the sky recently so it was with great amazement, bemusement and befuddlement that on peering through the curtains early Saturday … Continue reading →

With Stage 19 cancelled it was unlikely 20 was going to fare any better against mother nature’s icy blasts so the organizers re-routed the day’s racing to avoid passes like the Giau which were heavily affected by the snow. With … Continue reading →

You will regret it if you are not the first to ride there. Why? This is our moment – the first Mountain Mayhem of the rest of our lives! It sounds a bit dramatic we know. But do you know … Continue reading →

An uphill time trial is always going to hurt at least half of the peloton though with the weather worsening as the day went on it seemed those riding later 9and higher up the GC) were to suffer most with … Continue reading →

Last night we attended the official opening of the Le Coq Sportif London shop launch on the famous Seven Dials part of Covent Garden. As much as this was a launch of a physical place it was also very much … Continue reading →

One week after the joys of the UK 12 hour we were back in the saddle ready for a good old fashioned thrashing at the QE Cyclefest. The week in between had really been a test of how long I … Continue reading →