2016 Year in Review
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Another year comes to a close. Another season of rides concluded. They say that variety is the spice of life, and 2016 has certainly been a flavoursome one... There was a significant change in focus for me at the start of the 2016 season: I moved away from short course racing, and turned my attention to endurance challenges. The season began with the H12 Mountain Bike Race in Denmark , as part of the GripGrab team. 12 hours of dust, roots and laughs. From Denmark, to the Dolomites: June's X-Bionic MTB Cup , and the legendary HERO Dolomites were next on the agenda. Both these mountain bike races proved to be fantastically challenging events, but I came away with podium finishes against fields of amateur and elite Italian racers. On the road, my events of the year were RideLondon100, and the Rapha West Country Prestige . My final major challenge for 2016 came in September, with my long distance ' Coasts and Cols ' tour: a 1,900 kilometre bikepacking expedition th