MARK BEAUMONT

“The first time I cycled around the world unsupported I did so in 194 days when I stood on the Finishing Line in Paris I would have sworn to you I would have said that is my personal best that is the ultimate I cannot see how you could do that quicker I left it all out there and yet 10 years later I went over a 100 days quicker.”

“When I first looked at the circumnavigation world record which is an 18,000 miles the record was 276 days and now we're only talking about 17 18 years ago from now so 276 the record is now 78 days 14 hours and 40 minutes so what allows you to go 200 days faster you know that's not because bikes are that much better than they were 20 years ago physically we not 200 days quicker.”

“I take my career as seriously as Andy Murray or Lewis Hamilton you know this has been my job for the last 20 years to be at the Forefront of ultra endurance cycling and I've had corporate sponsors and I've always made television and broadcast a core principle of what I do.”