As a professional cycling journalist, you're not meant to have favourites. And really, I don't. You do get rid of that pretty quickly once you have to ask them difficult questions, or accurately analyse races where certain riders may have messed up. Impartiality is key, and as someone who was a fan before doing this for a job, I take it seriously.
That said, however, I can't deny that I certainly did have favourites when I was younger, and just a very eager fan. In fact, there are two riders who top that list, being the very first riders I liked when I was getting into the sport over a decade ago, and really the two that got me hooked.
