We’re in 1967. With a signal, 99 men are starting an Otley Cycle Club 12-hour time trial. Watching them all pass, there is a lady wheeling behind. Gradually, she overtakes them all, including the famous Mike McNamara. He himself creates a new men’s record that…
Watching this woman racing meant witnessing the embodied essence of “driven”. Yvonne Reynders had one simple goal: to win. All her focus was on that one particular task. No fake humbleness and doubts in her mind. She was a remarkable racer on a mission.
She was the archetype of a renaissance person. Hélène Dutrieu was a world champion in cycling, an actress, a pilot, a journalist, and that’s still not all. Throughout her life, this Belgium-born woman managed to switch from one fascinating job to another and excel at…
Wheeling around Coventry, this little lady radiates genuine joy. Her legs are moving in such a speed it almost seems they melt into one blurry stain. There are no cheering crowds, it’s not a big spectacle. Maybe someone passing by waves at her. But don’t…
