OUR OBJECTIVE ...

Why should anyone bother creating even more web pages about a sport that is already well served? What more is there that needs to be said? Hasn’t every angle already been covered?

You would think so. But then my searches for some half-remembered cycling stories resulted in either nothing at all - or reports that seemed wrong.

So years of accumulated paper records and photos were checked for missing facts. And this site was created as a result - with the paper records either sold, given away or recycled to free-up some space.

Making this web site has been very much a labour of love - a not for profit project created out of spare time and decades of following the sport. But with no options for handing over to any younger fans it is time to cut back on my archive searches and website work in order to get out more - while I still can. So some things may go and others may be left frozen in time ... at least as long as the hosting bills get paid.

But at least a little bit has been added to the Internet’s sum total of knowledge and just a few of the errors have been put right. And I must stay in touch with the sport that has been so enjoyable for so many decades ...

UPDATE October 2023

It looks like Mark Cavendish will be trying to win at least one more TdF stage in 2024 - and that is enough of an incentive for me to keep funding these web pages. Age and changing web links are making the task more difficult .... so please make allowances!

Brian Townsley

UPDATE July 2024

Dreams really do come true ....