Mattie Dodd journal #17: heat, heroes and hard lessons
Breakaways with WorldTour stars, searing Italian heat and a sprint slip at GP Poggiana mark a month of hard racing and near misses as Mattie gears up for a busy late season.
Category: Journals
Iona Mitchell journal #03: from sofa sulks to sprint finishes
From sofa sulks to sprint finishes, Iona Mitchell’s latest rider journal captures the messy, funny, and unexpectedly joyful side of domestic racing.
Mattie Dodd journal #16: hill-climb mayhem, Nationals carnage, Austrian ambition
Brass bands in Vorarlberg, Swiss switchbacks and a bruising Nationals leave Mattie with solid top-20s and a narrow escape from that Aberystwyth pile-up. Now back in Austria, he braces for the Tour of Austria’s shark-toothed parcours.
Iona Mitchell journal #02: legs, lies and traffic lights
Iona Mitchell is back with her second dispatch from the sharp end of domestic racing. This time, it’s all about midweek mind games and weekend chaos: biscuit raids, TT rivalries, and bunch sprints on bacon-scented start lines. With trademark wit, she takes us from the psychological warfare of a Wednesday night club race to the elbows-out drama of Binfield.