Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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My problem is I love that climb so much that I find myself feeling a bit proprietorial over it, and get a bit jealous when others climb it, especially the likes of Froome shaving(!) thirty minutes off my times.
I've 'dunnit' in a virtual world and it's one Mother of a hill for a big chap, no let up in gradient. I find the likes of the zoncalon and alp d huez much easier in comparison.
Now there's something you don't hear every day. Even with your cassettes that's impressive
Why still the fascination with Tommy Simpson??? He was on more drugs than Armstrong and Pantani, the whole of the peloton of that era combined.
Dunnit
"I’ve just got me invitation to attend" - is the mayor a nothern lad? Ta muchly
I thought that too but thought it was a bit weak, maybe more like....
" I just got me in'tation t' show "
Excellent. Ventoux is my favourite climb in France. I can't wait!