Rider Profile - Alexa Mair
- Lance Armstrong or Eddy Merckx?
Eddy Merckx. - Favourite SCU event?
Scottish Champs this year - good course, well run and a great welcome from the people in Balfron. - Favourite professional event?
Has to be the Tour de France. - What bike do you ride?
Trek Madone WSD 4.7. - What bike would you like to ride?
I'd be curious to know what a top of the range bike feels like, but the one I have is a lot of fun so not planning to change it any time soon. If money was no object, I'd add some swanky wheels. - Favourite pro & why?
Emma Pooley - I would love to be able to climb like that. - What do you consider your best ride? Although I've had races which have gone well and am a lot quicker and stronger than when I did it, the nearest I've been to having the perfect ride for a particular day was in the Etape Caledonia 2010.
- Anquetil or Poulidor?
That's going back a bit! From looking at the video clips, it looks like the sort of contest it would be impossible to pick a favourite from. - Favourite Turbo/training music?
Foo Fighters - The Pretender. This was the backing track for a video of the Tour de France shown the night before the London to Paris sportive I did a couple of years ago. I felt like I spent 3 days on the edge of the red zone in that event so this track reminds me that I can always keep going a little bit longer. - Favourite training ride?
Up the Sma' Glen road from Gilmerton in Perthshire - a long, tough climb, but amazing views!
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