ORICA-GreenEDGE Tour

Milan – San Remo with ORICA-GreenEDGE
By guest blogger Andrew Rigg

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Andrew Rigg was part of an exclusive quartet of guests with the ORICA-GreenEDGE team for the opening classic of the 2014 season, Milan – San Remo. He took time out on his return to tell us about the experience.

From the very moment we arrived in Italy, it was clear that this was no ordinary corporate jolly. I’ve been fortunate enough to have been on a few behind-the-scenes type sporting affairs, funnelled through corridors, shaking hands with people you recognise on the tv at football matches, F1, etc. It’s all very nice, but you feel as though you’re on a bit of a conveyor belt. (more…)

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The Ronde Van Vlaanderen

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Guest Blogger: Nigel Manson

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

From the opening lines of Dante’s Inferno.

A few years ago, when I was in my late thirties, I found myself in my own ‘forest dark’. Restless at work, lacking focus, and feeling empty and lost, I could feel midlife cloying around me like an itch I couldn’t scratch. The crisis was sure to happen, but what would it be? I could leverage up and buy an Aston Martin… or I could dye my hair back to the colour of my youth, wear black jeans and a leather jacket, and have a ridiculous affair with an inappropriate 25yr-old dirty blonde? OR, I could take up a ridiculous pasttime where I could set myself some ridiculous goals, obsess about data to the nth degree and equip myself with some hi-tech, weapons-grade kit. And so I found cycling. I honestly thought I’d made the choice that would be both better for my marriage and cheaper. In hindsight, I was probably wrong on both counts. (more…)

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