Dunlevy unparalleled in enduring time trial 'sufferfest'

“If I am not in a world of pain and am not falling off the bike at the finish, I haven't worked hard enough.” 

WORLD OF PAIN: Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly of Ireland celebrate at the end of their run in the women's B individual time trial. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

You don’t pull in and park at the end of a road time trial. If you have the capacity to pull in and park, you’ve done it wrong. Very, very wrong.

As Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly wheeled around the bend just beyond the finish line, there waiting for them were two Irish staff. The staff knew what to expect, the uninitiated standing behind the barrier did not.