The way Mattie Dodd talks about getting a spot on the first year of Ineos Grenadiers' new development team, it all sounds like it was inevitable. Learning to ride a bike, going to Herne Hill, joining Austrian team Tirol KTM, then Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy. Simple.
"I learned to ride a bike, and sort of just loved it ever since," he tells Cycling Weekly. "I always really loved riding. The obvious place to go from there was Herne Hill. My parents saw the holiday club, and thought that was brilliant, 10 quid and we get to send them off all day, it was good for all parties. I just sort of went from there.
