Name - Lou Dutch
Year of birth - 1976
Main cycling activities (TT, cyclocross,track etc) -TT, Roadracing, odd bit of MTBing here and there for a laugh.
Hobbies outside of cycling (knitting etc) - There are none.all cycling,cycling,cycling, I tell a lie..snowboarding,walking anywhere scenic, socializing with friends..and having a laugh whatever I’m doing.
Best cycling moment - Getting 8th place at the British TT champs 2007.
Worst cycling moment - Whilst doing the Police national road race I got stuck behind a crash and had to time trial back to any sort of group(I was blowing out my ****at this point,then punctured and stopped to take a wheel of my mates that had different gearing to mine so the bike was changing gear itself. I then had to 2 up back to the group(really blowing now and gears slipping and sliding all over the place)Realsing that I was seriously running out of energy and life had to time trial to the last hill to get away from the other woman in the group and was grovelling/blowing/severe bonking up the last hugely steep hill to almost collapse on the finish line. Really wanted to give up at several stages but made it to the end..i still don’t know how.
Favorite food - Anything..love my food,you can’t beat a good old custard slice if you really want to treat yourself and/or put on weight
Best excuse for poor performance - Must have eaten one too many custard slices
Favorite music - I like all sorts but you cant beat a bit of dance music on the turbo or to get the adrenaline going.
Training tip - Have a plan and stick to it come rain or shine.
Carbon or Titanium? - Carbon
Turbo or Road? - Both but road will always be more interesting…well depending on which road you’re cycling on…
What have we missed? Family, partners, pets, obsessions? - I am obsessed with my training and racing and totally in love with my time trial bike, have two cats and a dog