OPINION

OWAIN DOULL

I’ll miss Paris-Roubaix

October, a month which for me normally means holidays and no bike riding. This year around it may be slightly more intense – I’m gearing up for the most important part of my year, the Classics.

It’s been a long year with the delay in racing forcing the season later into the year. Although I haven’t raced half as much as I did at this stage last year, physically it’s been just