Touched by the hand of God #L2P2012

“Lying in bed in the hotel room I can hear the rain hammering down outside” is the opening line in Stephen Roche’s recently published book “Born to Ride”. 25 years later 460 riders gathered to commemorate his incredible Triple Crown win by riding the 2012 London2Paris Hotchilee event. The night before the start all of

And onto Paris…

Not content, obviously, with just riding a Grand Tour it was a quick one day turn around at home to get ready to ride to Paris. Arriving home on the Tuesday afternoon resulted in a double wash of kit, which had only been hand washed for 3 weeks, trust me a weary cyclist slumped over