Cyclist Magazine

Q&A Anna Haslock

Cyclist: The Transcontinental Race is a self-supported ultra-distance bike race across Europe, founded in 2013 by your late husband Mike Hall. The pandemic halted the TCR in its tracks in 2020, but now it’s back for the eighth edition. How does that feel?

: I’m really excited for TCRNo8. The route is great and we have got so many good riders signed up. There are mixed emotions though because this will be my last race as race director. I wanted to do ten races – it’s a nice round number

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