A Merseyside teenager has taken another step towards fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional cyclist, despite living with a challenge that would prevent most people from even considering it.
Max Jones from Bebington, Wirral was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 12 after falling unwell on a family holiday to France in August 2016. The medical verdict confirmed that he needed to quickly adapt to injecting himself with insulin multiple times per day in order to control his blood glucose levels.
But after giving up football when his local Eastham Junior League team folded, he found himself without a hobby and turned to cycling, joining Birkenhead's renowned North End club when he was 14. And after defying the odds to win the Litherland Circuit League at under 16 level, the now 18-year-old has just returned from an international cycling talent training camp in Italy.
