But seriously, I’ve personally ridden with Chris Froome, Sarah Storey, Danni King (Rowe), and Mark Beaumont, and they have a very unusual way about them. That’s what makes the difference. They are all very focused, and determined. They also have it drummed into them from an early age, and they are training seriously from the age of nine or ten, so that takes some doing, as ( let’s face it ) who will be training at the velodrome before and after school, doing school stuff, and living the ‘normal’ life’. Only the ones who go on to make it as a pro, and they won’t be living the ‘normal life’ either. That’s dedication, that’s what it takes.