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Tour of Britain – Day 7: Stage 6, Dumfries – Glasgow (0)


September 15, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

VeloVeritas took the road to Glasgow on Saturday morning – carefully avoiding the road works on the Forth Bridge – to cover the Scottish criterium champs and to meet our boy Evan at the finish of the Tour of Britain.

Tour of Britain – Day 6: Stage 5, Liverpool – Kendal (0)


September 14, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

Nico Mattan was in the DFL team car with Evan, having his first taste of Kendal mint cake when I rang on Friday; we’ll hear more wisdom from Nico later, but he did like the mint cake.

Nico does love his beer. He DNF’d today, so will likely be home enjoying a lovely cold Leffe Blonde as you read this.

Tour of Britain – Day 5: Stage 4, Rother Valley Country Park – Bradford (0)


September 13, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

Ever wondered, why the continentals think that cycling in the UK is Mickey Mouse? – read-on!

Tour of Britain – Day 4: Stage 3, Worcester – Wolverhampton (0)


September 12, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

Stage three of the Tour of Britain, so how is the grass track boy from Wick doing?

Tour of Britain – Day 3: Stage 2, Yeovilton – Taunton (0)


September 11, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

It was a good day for DFL in the Tour of Britain on Tuesday, as Evan explains…

Tour of Britain – Day 2: Stage 1, Reading – Southampton (0)


September 10, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

Yesterday, Evan told us that he and Gordon McCauley were going to jump-away from the gun and stay-away to the line, but is that how it actually played out?…

Tour of Britain – Day 1: Prologue, Crystal Palace (0)


September 9, 2007 • by Ed Hood • in Diaries

After making such a good job of his diary for Pez in the Tour of Ireland, DFL professional Evan Oliphant will be giving VeloVeritas the low-down on his home Tour, which started in London today and finishes in Glasgow on Saturday.

We caught-up with Evan, in the DFL team car, stuck in traffic, listening to the chart show [at max volume] on Radio One, here’s what he had to say, (I think!).

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