Franco Marvulli, twice world madison and scratch champion, four times winner of the Grenoble Six Day and a winner of 25 Sixes in total; Jens-Erik Madsen, world team pursuit champion; Luke Roberts, multiple world team pursuit champion; Iljo Keisse, kermesse star and winner of 11 Six Days; Leon Van Bon, twice Dutch pro road champion and a Tour and Vuelta stage winner – that’s not a bad list for starters.
But I wouldn’t fancy being one of the humble home boys being tee-ed up for mega brutalisation.
It was a long day to get here, up at 04:00 to try and sort out all the ‘real world’ orders and emails,