One Saturday in Hell or l’enfer du Nord Yorkshire.

Get back on your bike and ride.”

So here I was out of my depth metaphorically and almost literally in the aftermath of the deluge which had hit the course.

We were in the North York Moors, a place of wild beauty and steep inclines. Sutton Bank (25%) and Rosedale Chimney (33%) are two roads typical of the gradients you can find here. The off-road terrain was even tougher.