On the live blog: - 'I miss my team bus and masseur': Alex Dowsett completes London Marathon to ease into retirement - 'Shit happens': Tadej Pogačar confirms he broke his wrist in 'crazy' Liège–Bastogne–Liège crash, 'lucky' to escape worse + plenty more
"I miss my team bus and masseur": Alex Dowsett completes London Marathon to ease into retirementWhile most people take up a hobby, spend more time with the people they love, perhaps see more of the world and generally chilling out, retirement for a pro cyclist seems to involve finding new ways to torture yourself. In Alex Dowsett's case that meant the London Marathon.
The twice Giro d'Italia stage winner completed the 26.2-mile iconic event in a very respectable official time of 03:23:02, admitting he's"very broken" and it's "fair to say I'm a better cyclist than I am a runner". Most importantly,Dowsett called the event"phenomenal" and said he was smiling all the way around...
"Enjoyed being not competitive at all more than I thought, enjoyed being one of thousands and getting a finishers medal. Enjoyed my nutrition strategy working out and not hitting any kind of wall. Enjoyed being on the same start line as my fiancée and doing the same 'race' . Enjoyed being a part of something that showed the best of humanity, and enjoyed racing a dinosaur.
"I am very broken right now, enjoyably broken. Not sure how I feel about another I think I’ll be a bike rider again for a good while."My body doesn’t like me at the moment, had to have a good hard conversation with an ankle two thirds through. I think I'll be a cyclist again for a while. Lastly, I miss my team bus and masseur." More on this soon, but Suvi was out riding Dirty Reiver this weekend and spotted this eye-catching Boardman...
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