Past Champ Interview: Great Dane, Alex Rasmussen is a star rider from not that long ago, who rode his last Pro road race in September 2016, so no 'dinosaur'. Ed Hood caught up with his old '6 Day' compadre to talk of his career and his new venture into the possible future of cycling as the Scandinavian rep for the Zwift cycling platform.

Paris-Roubaix has a lot to answer for, not just in terms of broken hearts and equipment, but for the 'so and so's answer to Paris - Roubaix' imitation races it has spawned; Italy has the Eroica, Britain has the Rutland, the US has Battenkill, France has the Tro Bro Leon - but there's a race in Denmark which has been around as a professional event longer than any of the others.