Catching up with...Pete Hawkins

CW talks to the Irish Madison Genesis rider during the team's Majorcan training camp.

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

After a rain-interrupted coffee stop ride during the Madison Genesis training camp in Majorca last week, Cycling Weekly caught up with the 28-year-old Irishman Pete Hawkins over another coffee...and some sun.

CW: How's your first training camp with the team going so far, Pete?
PH: It's been good so far. It's good to get the team together – albeit without the Kiwi riders [Mike Northey and Tom Scully] – and do some decent rides with them all. It's also nice to get a feel for how the winter's been, as you never know how your form is until you get to a camp.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of