Ben King: I feel I'm coming to a place where I have a really strong connection

In September it was announced that Ben King would be riding for Dimension Data in 2017, after three years with Cannondale-Drapac. The 27-year-old got to meet his new team for the first time when they met up in Cape Town, South Africa for a team training camp at the end of last month.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.