Monthly Archives: June 2014

The winner of the 1891 Bordeaux-Paris G. P. Mills  was a member of the North Road Cycling Club. (in fact the whole podium was) NRCC promoted the very first 24hr time trial too. This year, the National Championships 24Hr TT … Continue reading →

Or completing Bordeaux-Paris-Roubaix Not many are aware that Paris-Roubaix was first promoted as a warm-up race for the then more established Bordeaux-Paris, to be run 6 weeks in advance of B-P. Here I was, trying to ride it 6 days … Continue reading →

(BTW I appropriated the name for this blog from the byline of the Petit Journal article on Paris-Roubaix…) In 1966 the start of Paris Roubaix moved out of Paris to Chantilly. So on to Chantilly I rode. There is a … Continue reading →

In the intervening week I planned to visit significant points from these races. Records are hard to find out – the cafes/restaurants named have long vanished. Parc des Princes was the finishing point for many Bordeaux-Paris races, where greats like … Continue reading →

3rd time on the Tour of Flanders. A different route out. Loved the kids high-fiving riders before the first feed station in Heule. The rest of the first phase was a bit rubbish. Initially I tagged on to the big … Continue reading →

2014 saw the biannual VCR Paris-Roubaix back on the calendar, and I needed a matching cobblestone for my bookcase. Also obviously on the list was the Tour of Flanders. However, 2014 offered 2 new milestones 1 – It was the … Continue reading →

In 2013 I rode the RvV again, but this year put my energies into two other rides. The first was the 24hr TT  – the national event held on the Mersey Roads course. Our club TT master had decided to … Continue reading →

In 2012 I rode the full distance of the Ronde van Vlaanderen for the first time (sadly a year to late too ride with Muur-Kappelmuur in the route, but I’ve ridden it previously so while a loss, it’s not complete) … Continue reading →

The first to be crossed off my list was Paris-Brest-Paris in 2011. I wrote a ride report for my cycling club (copied here with additional images) – be warned it is quite long:   PARIS-BREST-PARIS RIDE REPORT   Bon Courage, … Continue reading →