Recent content by ernesto1

I have heard from Alan and he guy is passionate about cycling. He is a bit naive about the media and how you portray yourself publicly. I am sorry if I have caused any offence but the questions I asked needed to be raised. Best of luck to you Alan.

This is part of an email from a company I believe to be his PR people. Here it clearly states that Alan is a 'British professional cyclist'. A professional is one with a proper pro licence issued by the sports' governing body and recognised by the UCI. Alan, as I stated, has never held a...

Just to add that if I am wrong in my assumptions then Apologies to Alan. The conclusions I have come to are realistic based on the available evidence. Alan riding for the New Brighton CC did come 5th in the national 24 (1991) (although on his website he says he came 4th) and thus he established...

The reason is that I have never had a need to post here although I have lurked. When I read both The Nation and the Bangkok Post's interview with Alan in which he said he had been a member of the British Team then I thought this was a bit naughty. I checked my records and those of British...

The Bangkok Post has reported on a British rider's 'round the world record' stating that he sliced 81 days (I think) from Mark Beaumont's record. In other words he did 29500km (another report said 23500) in 113 days. Alan Bates, who lives in Chiang Rai, has previously claimed to be an...