3 Peaks Cyclocross Race (5 things I wish I’d known)
It’s often been said that in the Three Peaks Cyclocross Race you want a mountain-bike on the descents, a road bike for the tarmac and no bike at all for the climbs. All I can add is that compared to … Continued
Directeur Sportif (Haute Route Dolomites 2018)
Calling myself directeur sportif may be an exaggeration as Lillian and Mark in the main ignored my race strategy advice and I wasn’t able to drive alongside in a car and shout at them to try harder in the time … Continued
Swiss Epic 2018
Beautiful mountain vistas that you can only glance at before you drop into the next steep, winding and rocky descent. That pretty much sums up the Swiss Epic, an enjoyable but testing 5 stage mountain-bike race that is the little … Continued
BIKE TransAlp MTB 2018
Seven gruelling days, stunning views and a major mountain range to cross. Throw in team dynamics plus fast and technical descents and you have the BIKE TransAlp stage race (link to race website here). Alex and I had completed the … Continued
Forest’Cime 2018
Every time we drive to Geneva we see signs for the autoroute to Oyannax and have been intrigued by the name. This year we finally got to visit as the Forest’Cime, a 3-stage cycling event, started and ended there. In … Continued
In the Land of the Hammer (Norway 2018)
Fjords and sprinters (Thor Hushovd, Alexander Kristoff…) were the two things that came to mind when I thought of Norway. And oil. We got all three on our trip there as well as great company and five days of blue … Continued
GiroSardegna 2018
Blue skies, empty roads and fast racing welcomed us in this year’s GiroSardegna, a stage race on the Italian island of Sardinia. Stage 1 As this was my first trip to Italy for several years I had decided to learn … Continued
Mont Blanc Skiing with Martin (2018)
Just a few days of skiing for me this year but as always they were memorable. A day of spring skiing followed by a white out and then Arctic temperatures. With Martin and for, a couple of days, Phil and … Continued
Wilson Trail / Outdoor Hong Kong (Part 5)
Lillian and I were lucky enough to meet ex-Governor Wilson last summer and when I commented that it was really cool to have a walking trail named after oneself he asked if we had walked it. To which the answer … Continued
Mark and Lillian’s Haute Route Alps
The Haute Route is different things to different people. For some, a challenge of a lifetime, climbing up cols that they had only seen on TV, for others a chance to experience the ups and downs of a mountainous stage … Continued