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          When you hear how great the inaugural anything was, it’s usually a few years later and you are there with all the other newbs hearing how much better it was the first time…... Gravel events are nothing new these days, they are usually a rebranded off road cyclosportive event with a distinct air of unconventionality about them and definitely no velominati type ‘rules’. Anything goes! When it comes to riding the Flandrian cobbles, the Tour or Flanders is THE flagship cyclo sportive for roadies but there is something piquant about the thought of charging up...

Emily Chappell in conversation with Lael Wilcox. I had researched both women prior to the event and although I was in awe of their endurance stats, I didn’t really understand what a big deal this was until I walked into Rapha’s upmarket Soho emporium, usually a haunt for skinny white men, but tonight packed with women! The general hubbub was a mix of reverence and flirty excitement and rightfully so. Lael, fizzing with boundless passion was complemented by the witty, softly spoken (and a little bit proper) Emily. In 2016, Emily Chappell was the fastest female to cycle the grueling...

By her own admission Elaine Burroughs suffers from Obsessive Cycling Disorder.  The affliction started in her late 30’s when a friend took her mountain biking and although she fell off her bike more times that she stayed on, she got the bug.   “With all the gear and no idea” Elaine started her love affair with off road cycling.  After joining her local Berkshire based club  ‘Berks on Bikes (BOB)’ she began racing and then she started winning.  “I’d been shit at things most of my life so winning was a revelation.” With racing accolades tucked into her jersey she progressed...