One Brit, One Bike, One Big Country by John McKay

Although I wasn’t turning down the free espressos either! Meanwhile I started working part time in a local café with my developing plans for 2019, I had plenty of motivation to get up for early shifts. This provided extremely good practice for my French vocabulary! With a good grasp of the language and team structure, he kindly agreed to help me translate my CV into French and gave me some advice about where to send it.Īfter emailing a list of DN2 & DN3 (second and third tier) teams, I received interest from ASPTT Nancy, in the northeast of the country.Īfter provisionally agreeing to their offer of accommodation and paid living expenses, they sent me through a dense 24-page contract to read and sign. I contacted Simon Carr, another young brit, who has lived and raced there for the past few years. I turned my eyes a little further south, to France.

However, although I like a good kermis I favour longer races with lumpier parcours.

I’d first gone over to race in Belgium with John Barclay as a youth and continued the pilgrimage throughout my Junior years and with TBW-Bottecchia, the U23 team I’d ridden for over the past two years. I’m in the new flat (centre) with my new housemates, Wesley Phipson and Yordan Andreev.

One Brit, One Bike, One Big Country by John McKay