With Lucy’s Cent Cols dominating late summer 2015, the story of July’s Tour de Suisse was never properly told, which was a shame since it was a stunning ride. So here it is, accompanied by Jimi Thomson’s superb pictures (click on any of the pictures to view full...
(Click on any of the images to view full screen and then use your back button to return) I was at my desk when it all began, although in truth it had started four weeks earlier, with tragedy on a road in a desert. It was early morning on the 8th March when I opened...
“I’ve completely lost track of time, but I think it’s somewhere near 5.00pm. The rain drops are big enough to actually hurt and they’ve been falling for the last seven hours. I have two hours still to go. I’m soaked to the skin and have...
Quite simply, my sister Lucy LOVED her bike. She had a habit of giving everything a nickname, including me (I became ‘Brother Ben’ and most of her friends never even knew that wasn’t actually my name)! She called her bike Buster and he was, without doubt, her pride...
L’Enfer du Nord “Paris-Roubaix is the last test of madness that the sport of cycling puts before its participants. A hardship approaching the threshold of cruelty.” Jacques Goddet, former Race Director. My alarm went off at 4.15am and all the fears from the previous...
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