To help celebrate International Women’s Day, we invited budding young cyclist Harriet along to interview some of her idols from the Great Britain Cycling Team in one of our Skoda team cars! 🙌
Find out what happened when Harriet met Daphne, Rhianna and Rhian!
#IWD2024 | #InspireInclusion | #InternationalWomensDay
Hi I’m Harry and I’m 13 and I’m going to be interviewing some cyclists driving around in a scoda it’s just like better so I have a really embarrassing moment to share with you I do have a pet budy so I always say that he’d be pretty good at the Flying To how you feeling nervous nervous yeah hi I’m Harry I’m going be interviewing you today okay that’s a cool thank you how are you good thank you how are you good good so what’s your absolute favorite thing about cycling I think it’s the excitement of racing and the
People that you meet and how confident you kind of become as a person through the process of cycling professionally or just for fun who are your female cycling Heroes I mean it’s quite a classic one when I was growing up I always looked up to Laura Kenny I can remember seeing her
Ride in the Olympics she was definitely yeah for me she was one of the top people to look out for kadina corks vior Pendleton why is kadina your hero representation is a really big thing so when you see someone who looks like you it like makes you think that you can do
It and maybe a little bit more and there is like an opportunity for you to do it it’s got to be Helen Scott on the tandem I would also say Katy archal I mean her record is just phenomenal and the way that she carries herself and the way
That she’s so friendly is just amazing who are Your Heroes um probably like as like a mountain biker probably like Yolanda and like eeve Richards oh yeah she’s amazing she’s done a lot for the sport if you could race against any fictional character who would it be and
Why that pan oh yeah oh yeah yeah just the first one com TW so like a superhero like maybe Spider-Man or something not Superman cuz you’d be too strong and win and I don’t want that can girls become great cyclists absolutely they can yeah yeah I
Mean as you said like we’ve just spoken about a few like my Idols Kina Cox VOR pendon um Laura Kenny you said e Richards all that and hopefully us as well one day but um yeah no absolutely they can of course they can girls can become absolutely fantastic St list
Girls especially like you see in sprinting particularly I don’t know if you know and girls like emmer and stuff people ride really really quick these days and it’s awesome to see look at the s conres that have come out from Generations before me and then currently
In the time um I strongly believe that there’s so much more talent to come through and even if we can inspire people like you to get to the Olympics and be on the program and you know never be afraid to ask questions to people that you think are your Idols because I
Remember maybe before Glasgow I sat next to Katy marching and I’ve never spoken to her and I was like oh D you’re going to have to say hi you can’t just sit here in silence and then I offered her my Harry BOS and then we started
Chatting so you know like they’re not as scary as you think they were oldest people at the end of the day so how much stuff do you pack in like in the boot when you’re going to like a race or an event so I actually have a scoda
Genuinely I have a scoda Scara oh I’m a big Packer I’d say i’ probably take two of everything maybe even three I pack I pack my track bike my road bike race wheels and obviously my road bike wheels a turbo rollers and obviously a kit bag
Which has my lucky rubber in which is a small little penguin what is your favorite song oh that’s so hard it’s a new one it’s a new one okay well best song currently is called when you were mine what were we thinking what do you think AR it’s mint
You like it yeah yeah and then my hype song I probably can’t play that one I’d have to say probably a Beyonce song I last year I was within the top 4% me and Helen scotwood so I feel like that’s a claim to fame if you can invite
Any three people living or not like cyclist or not cyclist on a cycling road trip who would they be one would probably have to be Laura Kenny on the basis that she is my cycling hero I think feel like I’d kind of be being a
Bit rude if I left her out oh Jack White who’s dad just because he’s comedy gold MADD hinch who’s a GB hockey goalkeeper I always I used to play hockey when I was very young I always looked up to her Beyonce maybe someone cool and famous
Like Taylor Swift just so I think be fun probably my mom just cuz she’s B of Joy if you could have any superpow J in a race what would it be oh always crossing the line first oh yeah yeah that would be good like stronger like um stronger
Legs rocket legs rocket legs are a bit like in Mario Kart when you play in you get the rocket takes you all the way through yeah I like that how is it that you got into mountain biking over any other discipline uh I well it’s just like better than it’s just like
Better that’s brilliant who’s your biggest supporter family cousins friends probably like my family of course cuz they’re like like coming with me to the races like cleaning my bikes when I’m done which one of your parents has the most nervous this is an important question probably my dad and then my mom
Do you have a favorite animal that you think would make a great cyclist I do have a pet Budgy so I always say that he’d be pretty good at the Flying 200 so do you have any tips for like me um I think just like making sure it stays fun
Even as you get older and maybe things get more serious it’s such an easy trap to fall into you just have to make sure that everything you’re doing you’re doing because you want to and because you enjoy it and obviously there’s times to put hard work in and that is really
Important but also like you have to make you don’t lose sight of the fact that ultimately we all ride our bikes are fun and you can never have too much fun you hopefully have a good coach and you follow exactly what your coach says you have some good legs good lungs to back
You and yeah just dedication I suppose so I just like cycling CU it’s like I just like it’s just so fun like to just go on your bike and like ride around and cycling it’s been like I’ve been cycling since I was actually born always believe in yourself you’re more capable than you
Think you are and if you think a goal is unachievable just go for it cuz even if you shoot for it and you don’t hit it you’ll normally just PB anyway I feel like the main thing is with it just to have fun cuz once you lose that it
Becomes like more of a job rather than a hobby yeah anything else to add o um probably like make friends with your teammates so don’t take when you beat them yeah when you beat them we’re going to beat them yeah love it love it well thank you so much for that har
It was awesome you you’re a great interviewer than you thank you very much you were so confident I mean wow very nice to meet you have a good day thank you thank you for my interview you’re welcome thank You