After coming back from France, Peters career took a different approach as a brilliant coach, manage and mentor. The Tour of Ireland, Peter Doyle, Harry Dawson and the golden age for Bray Wheelers and heated discussions with the cycling authorities. The Nissan Classic and Stephen Roche gets discussed. Oh! and why a chainsaw is always handy to have ..

In this episode we find out more about pro-cycling when Peter begins his professional career in France in the early 1960’s including underhand tactics, missing prize money, Belgium and hotels in Brittany with Shay Elliott and the disillusionment with the professional scene and smuggling wine ..

In this first episode Peter discusses his early life and how he got into cycling, the famous letter written in a language that he didn’t understand that was to change his life and who was Fausto O’Rourke.

In this third and final part of Episode 1, Phil discusses the emergence of interval training, the team ethos and becoming one of the most respected commissar in Irish Cycling, the young Sean Kelly, Harry Dawson and the Gap of Mamore. The division in Irish Cycling in the from the 1950’s to the early 1970’s

In this 2nd Part we find out more about the original Bray Wheelers club house, wearing your jacket and beret out on the spin for lunch, the Bray races and becoming an National Champion, Wimpy, the 1970 Tour of Ireland and the emergence of Peter Doyle.

In this first part Phil discusses his early life and how he got into cycling, a shiny red flamboyant bike that got him going at 13, joining committees as a 16 year old. Other legends Tommy Fitzpatrick and Harry Dawson feature, and mixing with the English teams in the big events.