The phone rings – it’s Viktor, VeloVeritas’ resident sage, critic and general cycling Nostradamus.
I steel myself; ‘Happy New Year’ I say.
‘Aye, Happy New Year to you, too – here, have you been watching the live stream from Rotterdam, it’s brilliant!’
Wow! I’m a tad shocked – praise from Vik?
‘We best look into this’ I say to myself – I duly logged-on for the finale and sure enough, first class coverage.
There was only one thing to do, get hold of one of the men responsible; and that’s how I came to be speaking to Mr. Davi