Bar a few mishaps I can be happy with the first 3, flat, days of this unique tour, virgin that I am to these isles. That means I haven’t crashed or punctured! Ha, from my track record and ALL the reports I’ve had before coming here, my primary objective is to stay up and at… Read More
Being seen on the bike
It’s well past that time of year for the white and red lights of winter cycling fairyland to come out so I wanted to reinforce their importance. As cyclists we have a legal and moral responsibility to be seen while not only riding at night but also during poor visibility – sun strike at sunset… Read More
A modern miracle of medicine and the human body
As a cycle coach I have recently witnessed a miracle of modern medicine and the human body’s tenacity to recover. I started coaching ‘MC’ late 2010, while he struggled to fit in the amount of desired training due to the ubiquitous obstacles known as ‘life-commitments’, MCs heart was always into ‘hard’ training and he maintained… Read More
Stage 7, 138k and hills – the ‘Queen stage’
There was some (vain) hope that GC might be further sorted out on this stage with two 350m Category 2 climbs sandwiching another smaller climb. The way this tour races is between major hosting cities, which are seldom up a hill, therefore there’s always a good downhill run in to the finish allowing the peleton… Read More
Stage 6, 164k and the potential to sort GC out
Well some sorting occurred and I got my best stage placing here – 4th! Today was a day of two halves for me. The first half was very easy compared to the rest of the tour. I had a couple of dabs of the front, frustrated when I missed the main move of the day… Read More
Stage 4 and 5: cancelled and 146 disrupted k’s!
Stage 4: started in monsoonal conditions through road works. Water level above my socks and pot holes that you wouldn’t know about since the road was a river. 3 kilometres neutral became 10, became end of the race after many a rider protesting about what was rapidly becoming DangerMouse. Stage 5: after what was essentially… Read More
Stage 3, 136k: to the south coast
Today started with the ups and downs common to pre menstrual females, guys suffering from man-flu or more specifically a day-3 tour rider. down- not enough sleep. up- mean as breakfast! down- the only brown bread I strike in Korea is dud up- after a shower I feel mint down- my garmin reads 1% battery… Read More
Stage 2, 198k
Grateful for the start in temperate and dry conditions. Plan today for Subway Pro Cycling was to make breaks, get up the road and hope for a stage win and a good GC position. This was a hard task given the ambition of the rest of the peleton was fairly similar! First hour = 47.5k… Read More
Stage 1: Incheon-Seoul, 52k
When you finish a cold and wet stage like today, the first nervous stage no less, you’re just happy to be in one piece sans punctures sans crashes! Had a go at getting away a few times, crucially 700m from the sprint ace (but got caught with a few metres to go). Busing now to… Read More
Around Lake Brunner 2012: return to confidence!
This was my last race before heading to the Tour de Korea starting this Sunday, and an important opportunity to renew some confidence in my ability to ‘finish off’ a race in a pleasing (a.k.a. winning) style. My thoughts going into Brunner were (as per usual): ride team (ride with team mates and for team… Read More
