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Bardet – hero

Romain Bardet has always been a hero of mine. Mainly for his incredible attacking on the uphill’s and fearless descending coming back down. See that footage from the Dauphine off the Mont de Chat for the best example of that. Yesterday though, that deep affection for this rider moved on a step. After his overall win in the Tour of the Alps last week, he would have been in the group of 5 star…

I am pleased to reveal that I am back virtually training on the Rouvy platform after testing out MyWhoosh. I am sure it’s brilliant, and many people enjoy it, but it wasn’t for me. After saving for some new hardware, I am now back up and running with my favourite platform and will be reporting on the Giro Challenge shortly.

The management meeting at the UAE Emirates XRG team early May would have been fascingating to attend. In my head, it played out a little like this… “So Pogi pretty much achieved a clean sweep then?” “Yes, of the monuments, he won Milan San Remo, the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. He also won Strade Bianche again.” “So why is Wout van Aert the fans’ man of the spring time…

In this varied series, stage 3 was the best of the lot. After a route through key Flemish towns which took in neither of their big climbs, this one had more to keep you entertained. Fewer highways, and more back roads with a lot of altitude gain built in. I have had both hardware and software issues in the last week or so, which isn’t necessarily the fault of Rouvy or Van Rysel. But this route…

After the demise of the Dublin round after a couple of seasons, we have a UK round on 13th December in sunny Glasgow. I hope we have the chance to get behind this and back the event. Although… from where I live down in England, I can get to Belgium more quickly!

On board with Puck Pieterse riding alongside Tibor del Grosso. Its going to be a decent weekend of racing !