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Al began racing on the Scottish roads as "wee nipper" of 17 years. This led him to England where he continued racing and began working in a bike shop. A friendly connection through Paul Sherwin landed Alastair a mechanic's job for Raleigh-Banana team, which raced in Holland, Spain, France, Belgium & Britain, and subsequent postings with several teams including BCF, PCA and the F.S.Maestro team; and races including: World R.R. Champs, World T.T. Champs, World Track Champs, World Junior R.R. Champs, World MTB Champs, Kellogs Tour, Milk Race, Cuircuit de la Sarthe, Nissan Tour, G.P. Formies, Isgebergs, Wincanton Classic, Leeds Classic, lots of Belgian semi-classics & kermesses, and many other races he "can't remember"!
He still rides 3 - 4 times a week , but admits that since having joined the world of the computer-literate he's finding it tougher to get out as much as he'd like.
Besides providing up-to-date coverage of Spanish and European racing news for us and PezCyclingNews, and retrospectives of Scottish racing in the 70's and 80's, Al works as a bike mechanic, freelance writer, and tour guide, in Alicante, Spain.
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Articles by Al:
- Mike Cuming – a Very Young Pro(0)
- La Vuelta a España 2010(0)
- An Iberian Update(0)
- Madrid 2016? NOT!(0)
- Spain Did OK, No?(2)
- It Was The Best Of Years!(0)
- A Good Vuelta?(3)
- All To Play For(0)
- Will the Vuelta be Scandal-Free?(0)
- La Vuelta a España, in Holland?(1)
- Astana Training in Spain(0)
- The New SRAM “Red” Groupset(0)
- Life and La Vuelta ’08 – According to Fabian Jeker(0)
- Alberto Contador – Tour Winner(0)
- When Scotland had a National Stage Race: Part 2 – The Pro-Am Years(1)
