Inspired by the iconic film ‘Breaking Away’ Roger’s life from then on changed dramatically.

Most of us are passionate about something.  It might be an all consuming leisure pursuit or just the passing flirtation with a hobby that has temporally captured the imagination. Whatever the extent of the commitment, however, the enthusiast will live for it, practice it as much as possible sometimes to the exclusion of everything else.

A cyclist recalls the night before the ‘Grand Depart’ of the Worlds greatest professional bike race - the 99th edition of the Tour de France.

Gareth George long-distance bike ride