7 months ago
UK Cycling Team Balances Careers with PGT
There is a special cycling team from the UK called the Schils Doltcini Racing Team.
What makes them unique is that all the team members have full-time jobs besides cycling.
For example, one member is a lawyer, another works with tiny particles in a big science machine, and one is even a waiter.
They all manage their jobs and cycling by getting flexible work schedules.
They are competing in a big cycling race called the Pune Grand Tour in India.
The team wants to show that you can be great at sports and have a job at the same time.
They are proud to break the idea that athletes must give up their other passions to compete at the highest levels.
The Schils Doltcini Racing Team is a UK-based cycling team with members holding full-time jobs.
Team members include a barrister, a particle physicist, a civil engineer, and a waiter.
The team is participating in the Union Cycliste Internationale 2.2 event, Pune Grand Tour.
Members manage their careers and cycling by getting flexible work schedules and understanding employers.
The team aims to break the myth that athletes must give up other passions to compete at top-level cycling events.
- Who
- Schils Doltcini Racing Team, a UK-based cycling team
- What
- A team of cyclists with full-time jobs participating in the Pune Grand Tour
- Where
- Pune, India, starting from Balewadi
- When
- During the Pune Grand Tour Stage 4, which began on Thursday
- Why
- To compete in the Union Cycliste Internationale 2.2 event while maintaining their professional careers
Key facts
- Team Name
- Schils Doltcini Racing Team
- Event
- Union Cycliste Internationale 2.2, Pune Grand Tour
- Eugene Cross
- Barrister, self-employed
- Carl Jolly
- Particle physicist, PhD candidate at University of Oxford
- Archie Cross
- Civil engineer at Atkins, flood risk management
- Matthew Ellmore
- Waiter at police treatment center, age 20
- Stevan Kervadec
- Masters in Physical Training
- Charlie Lacaille
- Masters in Chemistry
Quotes
Eugene Cross
Barrister and cyclist on the Schils Doltcini Racing Team
“If I’m defending someone and they decide to plead guilty on the morning of trial, well, I can be home by lunchtime and I can go and train on my bike. If it’s a very busy week, I have to accept that I’m not going to get as much training done that week. But the benefit of being self-employed is I can take as many holidays as I like.”
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“I think our team is probably one of the only ones where we all have jobs.”
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Carl Jolly
Accelerator physicist at the ISIS Neutron and Muon source and cyclist on the Schils Doltcini Racing Team
“So, it’s just like getting an x-ray on your leg. But instead of seeing bones with an x-ray, with neutrons, you see the positions of atoms in a solid or another material. And that’s very useful for things like designing new batteries.”
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Archie Cross
Civil engineer specializing in flood risk management and cyclist on the Schils Doltcini Racing Team
“I did civil engineering at Sheffield, bachelor’s and master’s. And then moved to Bristol to do the job. And that’s where I met GAL and Charlie. So, the team was kind of formed from people in Bristol.”
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Matthew Ellmore
Waiter at a police treatment center and cyclist on the Schils Doltcini Racing Team
“I’m really good with cycling. They quite understand this. I get favourable shifts, I can train during the day and then work at night.”
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