Jul 5, 2016

I figured if anything warranted a blog it was winning a stage of the Giro Rosa. Also, one of my pushy Twitter followers suggested I should write a blog so here I am. I’ve started the Giro four times, five including this year. I’ve finished twice. As a sprinter it is not an easy race to finish. As a sprinter preparing for the Qatar World...

Jul 3, 2016

I don’t want to stereotype. But I will. Cyclists are inherently lazy people. There’s a saying popular amongst us; don’t stand when you can sit, don’t sit when you can lie, don’t lie when you can sleep. As such we’ve developed a number of strategies to help aid and abet our laziness these include, but are not limited to;...

May 14, 2016

My teammates might say I have an acquired taste in music. What this actually means is that when I offer to DJ in the team bus before races I often receive the following answer, ‘No, but we’ll still use your speakers.’ Unless, of course, it’s the young girls. In which case they don’t have a choice and will listen to what I decide....

Apr 21, 2016

In 2009 I got off a plane in Amsterdam and had no idea what to expect, who I was meeting, or what I was getting myself into. Walking out of the baggage claim area with my suitcase and bike bag – packed for seven months and bursting at the seams – I saw a little old man, greying hair, glasses, big smile, jeans and a smart sweater waving at me. That must be...