GCN’s Dan Lloyd Gets PEZ’d!
WorldTour professional rider turned race commentator and GCN presenter, Daniel Lloyd has been in the bike game for some time and has a few stories to tell. Ed Hood caught up with Dan to hear how it all happened.
Interviews
British Road Star of the 70’s & 80’s Nigel Dean Gets PEZ’d!
Back in the 70's and 80's, Britain had a flourishing professional scene with stage races, road races and very popular televised town centre criteriums. There were easy wins back then and one of the biggest winners was Nigel Dean - Ed Hood caught up with him in Zimbabwe to hear his story.
Inside the ANC-Halfords Team
The ANC-Halfords team lead the way for the Sky/INEOS Grenadiers to be where they are now. In the end it all went wrong, but they broke the ice for a team to come out of Britain. Ed Hood spoke to Paul Kilbourne who was there from the start.
Aidan Duff: A Man of Many Facets
'Been there, got the T shirt' is an overly used phrase, but in the case of Aidan Duff, the shirt fits perfectly. Top young rider in Ireland, Professional in France and now bike builder. Ed Hood caught up Aidan at his carbon bike emporium, Fifty One Cycles.
EF Nippo’s Simon Carr Gets PEZ’d!
Simon Carr has gone from one of Ed Hood's 'Young Guns' to a WorldTour professional with the EF Education-Nippo team. Ed caught up with Simon at the team training camp in Provence last week, before he rode his first race of the 2021 season, the GP Marseillaise on Sunday where he finished 24th. Take it away Simon.
US Star Tim Mountford Gets PEZ’d Part 2
In Part Two of the Tim Mountford story we find out more about his experiences behind the ‘big motors’ and he tells us about some of the secrets to securing race contracts in the European Six Days. Deciding to retire and open a chain of bike shops in Silicon Valley, and his induction into the US Cycling Hall of Fame.
US Star Rider Tim Mountford Gets PEZ’d Part 1
Tim Mountford was one of the pioneers of US professional cycling in the 60’s and 70’s; he recently gave freely of his time to tell PEZ about his adventures in what was a golden age for European cycling.
Catching Up With Team Novo Nordisk’s Sam Brand
As all the teams get ready for 2021, Team Novo Nordisk is no different from the others. Isle of Man resident, Sam Brand, is looking forward to racing again, although now has the added problem of Brexit to add to the covid pandemic. Ed Hood found out all about it.
US Postal Star Scott Mercier Gets PEZ’d!
What could have been and what about the consequences? Scott Mercier wasn't going to go down the doping road and turned his back on a US Postal professional career. But there is more to the man from Colorado as Ed Hood found out.