It’s been a while since my last blog and Ive done a few interesting things since then. After my last race of the season I took 3 weeks recovery from racing/training, I had a stinking cold and only rode my bike a handful of times. During this time I spent a weekend visiting friends/family, watching [...]
You might think that with the race over everything would go smoothly for the final few days… how wrong you can be. You would have ignored the potential for mass food poisoning! On the final day in Dakar we were fed a barely warm meal of meat and pasta. Had we known that the dinner [...]
Fortunately I got my bag back in time for the race and was able to put my bike together for the prologue. I had a good start to the Tour with a top 10 on the first road stage and a finish in the bunch on the 2nd stage… but it all went tragically wrong [...]
I recently returned from a reasonably successful Tour du Senegal where I represented the French composite team ‘Loire et Sillon Cyclisme’. Following is an insight into what’s involved! Preparation for a bike race in Africa is a little different to what is required for racing in Europe or other developed countries. The most important thing [...]
After a full weeks recovery from the crazy team antics on Bute I was ready for my next MTB race, which was round 2 of the Brownbacks race series at Lee Quarry near Rochdale. Having finished 2nd in round one I was looking to go one better this time out. Setting out very early in [...]
A weekend away racing had been on the Velo29 cards for a while. September soon came round and the team headed off to the Isle of Bute, just off the south west coast of Scotland for a couple of days of bike racing and partying. We packed the cars and set off on Friday afternoon [...]
Well another tour done and dusted. A flat day so I thought what the hell and went with every attack I could thinking I might as well try for the ‘most aggressive rider of the day’ jersey. After 7 circuits of a fast pace and constant attacks, me being in 3 small breaks, it was [...]
Following the 2 stages already done was almost a rest day with a 2.2km time trial at 9pm. The atmosphere was fantastic racing in the dark and having internet and holidays to plan passed the day nicely. Being about the only one with no TT bike or disk wheels my 60th position was ok and [...]
Day 1 Finally we left the team house and Satan dog (the damn thing decided to eat my ipod yesterday) to drive an hour or so to the coast. A 5km team time trial, 2 laps as an out and back. Team Fenixs displayed a good example of how not to do a team time [...]
This blog was written on the top bunk in a camper van as it hurtled through Germany, Austria and Italy . There’s one thing scarier than sitting in an Italian driven car and this is it, I’m sure we re going way to fast and its 10 times worse than sitting on the back of [...]
