[Ronde 2000]

The first and to this date only UK team in the ronde de L'Isard was put together especially for that race . The Liverpool cycle centre aware that this area was great for training and racing decided to bring over a team after the then president of the Ronde approached Nick Flanagan of the Auberge de Cyclisme in Biert.

In September 1997 he asked Nick to try to get a national team over for the race as they had never had any UK teams .Several years previous to that there was a British rider named Rob Harris who had impressed all who had seen him  ride .
Nick  tried the then Kodak North Wirral Velo Club  after a lack of interest by the BCF  .Harry Middleton tried to get the lads together but as an amateur team it was impossible to all get the time away  .
Nick had practically given up hope when it came to February  and he had a group over from Liverpool .One of the group passed the message back to the cycle centre and the ball started rolling .It was at such a late date very much of a challenge we gave them 7000Frs to help them and a team was built .This was the first step for the Liverpool cycle centre towards their creation of a racing team .They have had now a team for several years.