What were you doing at 15 years old? Perhaps studying hard for GCSEs, or being refused entry to your local nightclub because of your dodgy fake ID?
‘That was when I took up my first job as a mechanic,’ says Helder Gomes. ‘It was with Continental team Barbot Gondomar in my home country of Portugal. That was 28 years ago. I’ve been with EF for the past eight years. I don’t like change.’
Unlike the sport he’s been married to for nearly three decades.
‘This sport has evolved hugely,’ Gomes says, reflecting on his career. ‘It