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International Road
'The Race Across the Alps' - Certified 18(15/11/2009)Warning! This is a public service announcement. If you have a nervous disposition, have no interest of suffering in adverse weather conditions, are offended by nudity or words such as Stelvio, Gavia, Aprica, Mortirolo, Bernina, Albula, Flüela, Fuor ... |
'The Race Across The Alps' - Technology(15/11/2009)The rules for 'The Race Across the Alps' are pretty simple. You get given a road book the day before (in German) you’re allowed one support vehicle and you, or your support team, have to send a text message to race officials at certain points to pro ... |
Prelude to 'The Race Across the Alps'(15/11/2009)Now, there’s normally at least one time per year when reasoning and sanity are banished to the bottom of the kit bag. What starts as “hmm…maybe” quickly takes hold of body and mind, unrelenting its vice like grip. Established at the turn of the ... |
National Road
Weapon of Mass Destruction(19/09/2011 10:01:15)Well, I reckon in my own warped mind that’s pretty cool. Solo 24 Hour World Champs one year, the intimidating insanity of 'The Race Across the Alps' the next, peppered with a season of cyclocross and on April 25th it’s time for the next challenge - ... |
The "Classic" Early Move(19/09/2011 09:23:07)I’d set my alarm for just gone 7am but it was only a formality, reassurance in case I did happen to oversleep. In reality that was never going to happen. I’d had a decent night but as the morning approached my anticipation and eagerness had surface ... |
Regional Road
Heath RR - Seconds Out...Round Two(22/09/2011 09:52:29)I’d have liked to have checked what the conditions were like outside more frequently during the day, but work had conveniently omitted to instal a window in my office (cell) at the point of manufacture, preferring to opt for a five foot fluorescent s ... |
Tour of Dorset Day 1 - Whiteout(02/11/2010)The journey to the start of the Tour of Dorset has been uneventful, butterflies are a good sign, adrenalin and anticipation at the racing ahead building up from deep within. The weather progressively deteriorates until I reach the point where no mat ... |
Tour of Dorset Day 2 - Belgium Mix(02/11/2010)I don't know why but I've always been of the 'all or nothing' mentality, seldom doing things in moderation. Might as well go big from the blocks as you never know where you might be tomorrow. I guess before this race started I was hoping, along with ... |
Tour of Dorset Day 3 - Line of Fire(02/11/2010)Now it wouldn't have taken DCI Burnside to fathom out what the tactics needed to be today. With Sam in Yellow by 42 seconds a solid team performance was called for to control the race and ensure that no danger men could slip off up the road. With a ... |
