I have just read Ken Platts’ account of his cycling journey from schoolboy to vet, quite an impressive amount of miles there, here’s a snippet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One anecdote concerns an intermediate sprint that I won in the Peace Race (Prague-Warsaw-Berlin) in 1976. The sprint prizes were chosen and donated by the towns hosting the sprint and were not declared in the race manual. The previous day the prize had been a motorbike. As I was way down on GC, and had no chances of a stage win, I thought it would be worth having a go. The sprint started to wind up about 10 km out with contenders for the overall points jersey becoming active. I positioned myself in the top 20 and struggled to hold my position. With 1km to go there was a slight lull in the action, as no one wanted to lead out. I took a flyer, opened a gap and went all out treating the sprint as my finish for the day. There was a hesitation in the bunch, I was clearly no threat and I just managed to hang on. What would my prize be? A motor bike? A small car?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
If you want to know the answer read the full account here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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