Ben Saunders

A Proper Job

From a great Guardian interview with T-Mobile-sponsored British pro cyclist Mark Cavendish:

"When you're out cycling up a big hill and it's cold and raining and you've 40 miles to go and you're aching all over and your directeur sportif is shouting abuse at you from the car, do you ever think to yourself: 'What the hell am I doing here? I wish I had a proper job.'
There are times when you do think that, but I've worked in a bank before and I'd rather do 300km on the bike in the pissing rain every single day than go back to that."

— Filed under Cycling, Inspiration