Alex Dowsett interview (part 2): cycling and haemophilia

This is part two of an extended interview with British pro cyclist, Alex Dowsett. Recorded at the Tour Down Under of 2020, he goes into detail about living – and racing – with haemophilia.

– Click the link below to watch part 2 of our interview with Alex Dowsett –

“It’s quite funny,” says Alex Dowsett while trying to explain the circumstances behind how he found his profession. “I wouldn’t be a pro cyclist if it wasn’t for my haemophilia…”

He suffers from the most extreme iteration of the condition; in the past, it would have severely limited his lifestyle but, as he says early in part two of his interview with RIDE Media, “I heal like anyone else, because I would have had my medication.”

But that’s not the end of the discussion. Rather, it’s the cue for a lengthy explanation about haemophilia and how Alex came to cycling because of the quest for an activity that “wasn’t rugby or boxing” when he was at school.

Find out a little about his cycling life, and a lot about haemophilia, watch part two of the interview.