Lionel Birnie
Lionel Birnie is a journalist, author and publisher who specialises in cycling.
He writes for Cycle Sport and Cycling Weekly, two of Britain’s leading cycling magazines, and The Sunday Times.
He began his career as a reporter at the Watford Observer in 1993 before moving to Cycling Weekly in 1998. Two weeks after accepting the job, the Festina Affair blew the sport apart. It didn’t seem like a great career move at the time.
In 2001, he left the cycling magazine and spent three years freelancing for whichever national newspaper would have him.
However, by 2004 he returned to Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport. The 2012 Tour de France will be his eleventh.
Lionel has written three books about Watford Football Club – Four Seasons, Enjoy the Game and, most recently, The 100 Greatest Watford Wins. (Yes, they have had a hundred wins. No wisecracks are necessary).
He also owns a publishing company, Peloton Publishing which has two new projects in the pipeline for 2012.
To contact Lionel email lionel@lionelbirnie.com
