It was May 1981 when Phil O'Connor took his first race picture; Manxman, Steve Joughin winning a stage of the Tour of Britain, 'Milk Race' as it hurtled into Bournemouth - some months later he managed to get it published in a cycling magazine.

What do you do when you hang up your racing wheels and you want to stay close to the action? DS, team press officer, mechanic.... What about photographer. Léon Van Bon: Multi National champion, double Tour stage winner, Classics and Worlds podiums and a career that took him all round the globe, and now a top photographer.