Paul’s remarkable victory is covered here in the Lancashire Telegraph
The Hope Factory Racing team star ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in January and had six months off the bike before crashing on his return to action at the national mountain bike championships where he fractured two ribs.
But the 38-year-old has put all that behind him with a flying start to the winter.
Having already won the opening three rounds of the Yorkshire Points Cyclo-cross league Oldham became the first winner other, than this team-mate Rob Jebb or Nick Craig, to win the Three Peaks race in 16 years, with the previous victors finishing in second and third place respectively.
