On the 18th August I set off on my journey, first stop Birmingham, to meet Andy our Swanny who I was going to travel with to Overijise in Belgium with in the Madison Genesis bus. Three hours to Birmingham, then three hours to the ferry, another two and a half hours to Overijise, it was a long day of travelling but we finally made it to the hotel accommodation. Next morning we were out as a team for a short pre race ride to the cafe in Leuven, before handing our bikes over to