0:00:24 > 0:00:28MOTORBIKE REVS
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Those of us that are involved in any shape or form,
0:00:40 > 0:00:44we've been kind of brought up with it. It's a big family.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47It's part of our way of life.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50'Here we go, guys. Let's get ready to go!'
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Just the atmosphere, we go for, and the tracks. Unbelievable.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I've been around the paddock from when I was in a pram.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Running up and down, stealing tools.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We have tools belonging to...
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Joey Dunlop and... - HE LAUGHS
0:01:10 > 0:01:13The people are different and life, in general.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I love the people involved.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18There's many a time I needed a part and you would find that the guy
0:01:18 > 0:01:20that was close to you in points,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24that maybe didn't want you to score, he's the guy lending you a part.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29The road racing paddock, I really enjoy the people in it.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I hope I've got their respect because I certainly have
0:01:32 > 0:01:33respect for them.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Oh!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39The week before a race, the day before a race, the second,
0:01:39 > 0:01:40a minute before a race...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I'll be all right.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45'Anybody who doesn't race doesn't understand that feeling
0:01:45 > 0:01:47'that you get.'
0:01:47 > 0:01:48It is like a drug.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53It's as if we're approachable.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55We're just normal men, you know, like anybody else.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57It's just we race a motorbike.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04And the spectators respect the people...for doing it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13When the pain is there, you're thinking to yourself,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15"It's maybe time to stop this or whatever,"
0:02:15 > 0:02:18but when the pain goes away, the brain goes away.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27It's completely different from Czech races, you know, because
0:02:27 > 0:02:32we don't have jumps and our tracks aren't so bumpy and not so tight.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So, it was a bit difficult, but I really love it.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Road racing is something like a glue,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44which glues up people together.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47You have to be part of it. That's all you're asking for.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50You just want to be on the track in a race day,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52doesn't matter what and you want to go.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03LOUD CRASH AND GLASS SHATTERS
0:03:20 > 0:03:24The sense of community,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28togetherness, sense of fun, a bit of craic and banter.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33It is part of being from Ireland, from Northern Ireland.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35For those of us that are involved, it is.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40But most of all, it's... For most, it's a way of life.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48After the long, cold winter,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51the craic that you get that first few races back in the paddock,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54having the craic with the friends that you've missed all winter,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57everybody is welcome. That's what I love about it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04When you are involved in the organisation,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07often you don't really see the racing.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10BIKES REV
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You've got your headphones on or your earpiece in
0:04:13 > 0:04:16and so you're hearing lots of communications that are going on
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and so you can't just relax and enjoy the racing.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23'It's very hard work.'
0:04:23 > 0:04:25They won't get their race pass unless they sign on
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and they won't get signing on...
0:04:28 > 0:04:32'But if it was easy, it wouldn't give you the pleasure it gives you.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35'That sense of achievement'
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and enjoyment out of seeing everybody else enjoying it.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45'For the competitors, it's about the speed and the challenge of
0:04:45 > 0:04:48'the tracks and the euphoria of winning.'
0:04:48 > 0:04:53For the marshals, they want to help keep them safe
0:04:53 > 0:04:55and they want to help preserve an amazing sport.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02People do sacrifice. You know, the time to do it.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Just for our one event, The Tandragee 100,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13you are talking about 500, almost, volunteers it takes
0:05:13 > 0:05:14to run the event.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19So, we cannot run without people giving freely of their time.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- We have yellow.- We have yellow.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30'It's wonderful that you see more and more people coming from Europe,
0:05:30 > 0:05:34'from Brazil, from Australia, from, you know, America.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35'All around the world now are coming.'
0:05:38 > 0:05:41There are people who come who just can't believe that they can
0:05:41 > 0:05:44just walk in, to the paddock, free, they're not charged
0:05:44 > 0:05:48and see the bikes up close and there's no restrictions.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50People are just amazed by that.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I think the more, the merrier.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11We should be heading for the road soon, you know.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- We should be there...- The weather will be nice.- I don't know.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Roads are closing at 12.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16'When I get to the Irish roads,
0:06:16 > 0:06:20'I know I'm riding with the best, you know, road racers in the world'
0:06:20 > 0:06:23because there's no other country which has road races,
0:06:23 > 0:06:24you know, proper ones.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26So, I said, "This is something I really enjoy."
0:06:34 > 0:06:38My nickname is Indi because my father is Indonesian
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and everybody in Ireland will understand that name.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44If you have to say Michal Dokoupil, it takes some time to learn it.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53When I met Michal, I said to him, "Come with me, you know,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55"I'm just doing this road racing, you know."
0:06:55 > 0:06:59And he said, "No, no, no. I don't do it."
0:06:59 > 0:07:02He was, you know, a bit afraid and that's how we started
0:07:02 > 0:07:03with the road racing together.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09She explained she was racing, you know,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11classic bikes on a road and I said,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14"This is brilliant. She's doing the roads."
0:07:14 > 0:07:20We fell in love and I'm with Veronika for nine years now.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22You know, we should be married soon, I think,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24but there is no time between races.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29We live in Prague and on a Thursday, you know,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32we have the flight to Dublin from Prague.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It takes maybe... It's like one day travelling.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40So we are really always tired after the day
0:07:40 > 0:07:44and after that, you know, on Sunday morning, we have to go back,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47you know, through checks and buses and, you know, airplanes
0:07:47 > 0:07:49and all the things like that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- ANNOUNCER:- 'Just to get you up to speed out there,
0:07:53 > 0:07:54'a few of the clubs were using lights.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57'We are using the flag here for the start.'
0:07:59 > 0:08:01'This lifestyle suits both of us, you know.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03'We are just, you know, happy with that.'
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Yeah, good to see you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08'Every time we go back here, we just feel like it's going back home.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10'It's like second home now because'
0:08:10 > 0:08:13it's not like you are coming somewhere where you are not welcome.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16This is a place where you are coming and you are always welcome.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23You know, it's always crazy with my mind.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26You know, I'm always thinking about him, if I'm not, you know, racing.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29If I'm in a paddock and just watching his race, you know.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37So maybe it's much more difficult for me to watch the race
0:08:37 > 0:08:41than to be with him on a course, you know, because
0:08:41 > 0:08:44if you are there with him, you know everything just at the moment.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Go, go, go!
0:08:51 > 0:08:54It feels so strange when I have to watch her doing the roads.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I don't feel comfortable with that, you know,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02because I don't want her to get hurt.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08That's why we don't chase the championship points,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11you know, hitting the throttle, keep it light, you know.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12I'm happy with that.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I've been at bike racing nearly all my life.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34My earliest memories would have been the early '80s,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37going along to the races with my mum and dad.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41My dad was always a big supporter of road racing.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Just sponsored people and helped people out and stuff like that.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I was like probably every other young teenage boy when I did start.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52You know, I'd watched my heroes doing it for years.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Like Joey Dunlop, Robert Dunlop, Gary Dynes...
0:09:54 > 0:09:56You know, all-star names.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Just the whole competitive thing of racing, you know,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04sitting on the line on race morning with those kind of fellas about,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07you know, for that split second, or whatever when I was sat
0:10:07 > 0:10:09on the ground, I thought I was one of those
0:10:09 > 0:10:11and then reality happened, when the flag dropped probably.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Everyone does their day's work and then people go home and relax
0:10:37 > 0:10:40by watching TV and sitting with their feet up.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Some people go to the pub and have a beer or whatever, like, you know.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47There's many a long night standing in here and thinking to yourself,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49you know, "Will I ever be ready for the morning?"
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Or, "How's it going to go tomorrow or whatever like?"
0:10:53 > 0:10:58I enjoy being able to come in here and you do build that bond up
0:10:58 > 0:11:01because, as I say, you are going racing round Irish roads
0:11:01 > 0:11:05on something that you are trusting your life in, like, so it's...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I...suppose there is a bond there,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10but I wouldn't get totally attached with it and try to move one into
0:11:10 > 0:11:12the bedroom or anything like that there like, so...
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Up here, I've got a bit of a collection of some of my helmets.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Apparently I used this one at Dundrod in 2001
0:11:22 > 0:11:24when I had quite a hefty crash.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I braked so hard that I popped myself over the handlebars.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31And...obviously I must've hit my head on the road at some stage,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35but I ended up in a field and I got myself onto my hands and knees
0:11:35 > 0:11:37and I looked down and...
0:11:37 > 0:11:39For some reason or other, I happen to look down
0:11:39 > 0:11:42and this hand was pointing in the wrong direction.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45And I'm thinking to myself, "There's possibly something wrong there."
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Two broken bones and both bones,
0:11:48 > 0:11:53the way they were smashed, they had to be fixed by two permanent plates
0:11:53 > 0:11:55and 13 screws through my arm
0:11:55 > 0:11:57to hold the plates together, so...
0:11:57 > 0:12:02So they are still in there, which makes airports a bit of fun, but...
0:12:02 > 0:12:03You can get through.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14There's room left on the... That's actually good.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Yeah, so is that...? Are you happy enough?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21'Bikes have always been part of my life.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23'My earliest memories would've been'
0:12:23 > 0:12:26holding a torch my dad's garage for him or passing him
0:12:26 > 0:12:29a spanner or something while he was tinkering away at bikes.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33And then when I got a wee bit older,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37he asked me would I come along and help take a few notes at a meeting
0:12:37 > 0:12:40and then before you knew it, you were sucked in.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43You know, it's just a matter of, you get it to open,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45you can't get rid of it.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47But nowadays with health and safety,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49and safety of the riders being paramount,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51you've got to put an awful lot more into it,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53but at the end of the day,
0:12:53 > 0:12:58once the boys put their leg over the bike to race, they're in control.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08The impact of losing somebody,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10it's not just for the day.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15That lasts for months and years.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16It can change you.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I know that my dad being Clerk of Course for ten years
0:13:21 > 0:13:23and Assistant Clerk of Course, ten years,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26he experienced it a number of times.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27And it did wear heavily on him.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30But people don't say that bit of it.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34And then they don't understand. "Well, why he's still doing it?"
0:13:34 > 0:13:38He's still doing it because he knows that people still want to race.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43If they are doing it in a relatively controlled environment and
0:13:43 > 0:13:47that you have done everything that you can think of to make it
0:13:47 > 0:13:51as safe and controlled for them as possible
0:13:51 > 0:13:53so that they can go out and be the best that they can be,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56sure, who doesn't want to be the best they can be?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- VERONIKA:- I like road racing because
0:14:09 > 0:14:11maybe I'm too crazy for a normal life.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I have road racing in my heart and it's like how I said,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20it's like a passion.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39I'm always unhappy with my times and everything because that's me,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41you know. I would like to be the best.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I still would like to improve in everything and bikes is my life.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57I know about the dangers, but when I sit on a bike, everything is,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01you know, gone and only what I want is ride, you know, really fast.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- She'll be all right. - She'll be all right.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22There she comes. She is coming here.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30There is oil here, Adam.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- See the oil?- Yeah.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38After two laps, you know,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I just started to hear the engine was a bit different, you know,
0:15:42 > 0:15:47the sound was a bit strange and it started losing the power.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50So, yeah, I'm disappointed, you know.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Yeah, that's racing.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57You see the bike is not running well, you are better pulling off.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01You know, it is a shame because she was going well and in second place,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03so I understand the disappointment.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I met Clare at a road race.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34We both, must, I don't know, caught each other's eye or whatever.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38And the rest is history, as they say.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41As I say, that's what now, coming up on 20 years...
0:16:42 > 0:16:44..and we're still together and we're now married
0:16:44 > 0:16:46and we've two kids and...
0:16:47 > 0:16:51..mortgage and everything that goes along with that.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54She's been very supportive. Pretty much, she has been there,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56you know, in the last 20 years, at every race, really, so...
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Couldn't really do it without them at the same time, so...
0:17:04 > 0:17:08From when I met him, I think I've missed about one race until
0:17:08 > 0:17:13they weans were born and then that would have been just a few races
0:17:13 > 0:17:17we've missed since then, but they've been to all the races with us.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21They love the caravan. They have fun.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26A lot of people I work with think I'm completely mad.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28They think, how can you take your children to a race and live in
0:17:28 > 0:17:30a caravan in a field and...?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35I don't know, just the way I explain it, is, your weekends,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38this is where your friends are and this is where your life is.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Foreign holiday?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I think the last one was my honeymoon and I had to wait
0:17:45 > 0:17:46two years on that.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49For racing.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Doing the Manx instead of going on honeymoon but sure,
0:17:54 > 0:17:59two years' wait and we went to Lanzarote, I think it was.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Yeah, Lanzarote. And that's been the last holiday, so...
0:18:02 > 0:18:04ten years ago.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Me and Clare had always sort of planned that there would be
0:18:08 > 0:18:10a family at some time, just whenever it would be, it would be.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13There was no set date as such.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16My modern bike days were probably coming near an end anyway.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21They were getting fast and I was probably not getting any younger
0:18:21 > 0:18:23to be still trying to be as competitive as I was.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27To be honest with you, once they started the classic scene,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30it was like a new lease of life really again.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34That competitive thing is still there when you go out to race.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I guess that's why everyone races.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44You know, everyone goes out to be a winner or try to be a winner.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Not everyone can do it but we all go out through the gate hoping
0:18:46 > 0:18:48that we will be that winner.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51You know, here I am, 23 years later, still doing it.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Probably already making plans for next year.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Between the adrenaline and the sensation of winning
0:19:14 > 0:19:18or doing your best or beating whoever you can beat on the day,
0:19:18 > 0:19:23I think that feeling you get is hard to replace by doing anything else.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26I look back and OK, I've had injuries and have been
0:19:26 > 0:19:31involved in accidents and stuff, but I don't think I would have
0:19:31 > 0:19:34changed anything over the last 23 years either at the same time.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- ANNOUNCER:- 'The winner of the 350 race and the winner overall -
0:19:43 > 0:19:45'Barry Davidson!'
0:19:59 > 0:20:02The road racing can be very cruel on one hand
0:20:02 > 0:20:04and very enjoyable on the other one.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09But when you go on a track, of course,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11you don't think about these things.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25I find out that if it can touch me as well, you know,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29it is not only that rider got injured and that rider got injured.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30You can get injured.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42First two days of the season in Cookstown and I was, you know,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45very excited about it, two seasons here - 2009 and 2010 -
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I didn't crash.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51So I felt very untouchable, you know.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55I felt like, I am the star, I'm the man, you know.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Everybody's crashing and I'm just the only one who is not crashing.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59I'm probably very good.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10You know, I said I have to chase the Championship.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14I have to be again in the top three and I tried very hard.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I was riding 1000cc that day.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23And I sort of clipped the bank with the front brake and my lever
0:21:23 > 0:21:27was getting too close to the banking and I really...
0:21:27 > 0:21:28That was it, you know.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I landed on the road.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45The bike landed on my back and I was unconscious.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I just woke up and I didn't know where I am or what happened.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I just felt a very big pain in my back and then they found out later
0:21:52 > 0:21:56in the hospital that there is a broken vertebra and stuff.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03I was lying in a hospital in Belfast and I was on morphine.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07I was in big pain and it was very difficult time.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08I didn't have nobody here.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13My girlfriend was in Prague working and I was on my own here.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14I really felt so down
0:22:14 > 0:22:17and I didn't know if I would be able to race again.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I said, "I'm going to come back and show them
0:22:27 > 0:22:29"that I cannot give up so quickly."
0:22:29 > 0:22:33If I will be able, I'm going to come back and race again.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- ANNOUNCER:- 'Michal Dokoupil!' - CROWD CHEERING
0:22:36 > 0:22:40'I actually found out that there are some people who are really
0:22:40 > 0:22:43'like me and they are really good friends of mine because every'
0:22:43 > 0:22:45day in hospital, I had so many visitors.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Happy days!- Happy days!
0:22:49 > 0:22:53'I really worked hard just to get back again on the roads.'
0:22:53 > 0:22:57I was back next year, same year, same track, Cookstown,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and I was enjoying it, 100%.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- It's been five years.- That's right!
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- It's five years now.- Yeah. The road must be waiting up there.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- Get that on that board now. - Are you sure? No warm-up?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23'The last hour before the roads close seem to be two minutes.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25'It's frenetic.'
0:23:31 > 0:23:33But then it just settles.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34And off we go.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40The perfect event is everybody gets home safe.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I wouldn't think of it as a burden.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50You've done all you can do to put everything in place
0:23:50 > 0:23:53to keep it as safe as possible.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Everybody knows what they are doing and you are putting your trust
0:23:56 > 0:23:59in all those people that they do do what they are supposed to do.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08There's always an optimism that it's going to go fine.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12You have to... You have to believe that it's going to be OK.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Otherwise, I don't think you would keep doing it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17When things don't go according to plan,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19there is certainly a level of...
0:24:20 > 0:24:26..responsibility, weight, but at the same time, there is also
0:24:26 > 0:24:29the counter responsibility of, as long as these guys want
0:24:29 > 0:24:32to throw their leg over a bike and do this,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I'm obliged to make it as safe as I can, to put
0:24:35 > 0:24:39all of those volunteers in place, to look after them while they do it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19ENGINE ROARS
0:25:27 > 0:25:28TYRES SCREECH
0:25:34 > 0:25:37LOUD CRASH
0:25:41 > 0:25:44When there's a big smash, your heart sinks.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48The atmosphere changes, it's palpable.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56You can really sense it.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59And then you hear through the radio that it's serious.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I don't really know how to describe how I feel about those things.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Erm...
0:26:10 > 0:26:11It's not easy.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20There have been times in the past when I've lost somebody
0:26:20 > 0:26:22and that's been the end of the racing for the day.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29But there have also been years where the family wanted us
0:26:29 > 0:26:32to continue. As soon as we knew that was what the family wanted,
0:26:32 > 0:26:37we gritted our teeth and we put our head down, shoulder to the wheel,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and we got on with it because we knew that's what they wanted.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43And that's important.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I don't think we all forget the riders that have unfortunately
0:26:49 > 0:26:53died or whatever, like, and we all have got fond memories of them.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00'The actual riders themselves that go out the following weekend again,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04'we all still feel it and know what happened, but, yes,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07'we do somehow or other, shut that out of our mind.'
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I will probably continue,
0:27:13 > 0:27:18probably while I still feel comfortable and feel that I'm safe.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23And...can still ride my bike and enjoy it. That's all...
0:27:23 > 0:27:27I'll probably still keep going for as long as I feel I can do
0:27:27 > 0:27:28all those things, like, so.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34All that happened was, that I think I tried too hard and I got to
0:27:34 > 0:27:38the high side in a bend and I didn't expect it to happen.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42So I landed on my knee so that was a bit sore and swollen now
0:27:42 > 0:27:43and broke my finger.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45But it's not a... Nothing major.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56It's always difficult to explain to anybody else, you know,
0:27:56 > 0:28:02what we feel, but if something will happen, it will happen.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06It could happen anywhere, you know, it couldn't be only at a road race.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11'I have to say that it's on the same level, you know.'
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Your love for your friends and your love for the road racing.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22'I'm not so crazy like I was maybe five years ago, trying to go hard.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25'I want to do this sport as much as possible.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28'I want to do it maybe when I will be 50.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31'If I will be fit for it, I will still want to do it.'
0:28:31 > 0:28:36But, you know, for that, you have to just survive all these road races.