Mum’s lesson fuelling Rowe desire to make most of Games chance

Mum’s lesson fuelling Rowe desire to make most of Games chanceImage source, Olly Hasell/SWPix.comImage caption, Elliot Rowe is following in his mother’s cycle tracksByTyrone SmithBBC Sport Scotland Senior ReporterPublished14 minutes agoElliot Rowe says the abrupt way his mum’s cycling career ended has taught him to “make the most of it” every time he gets on his bike.The 20-year-old Scot will make his Commonwealth Games debut in Glasgow next month.Mother Sarah pulled on the Team Scotland colours at the 1994 Games in Canada before representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.Less than a year later, she suffered a career-ending leg injury after being hit by a car during a training run near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.That experience helped shape Rowe’s approach to his own cycling journey.”Every time I go away on a race, every time I go away training, I just make the most of it because I know pretty well that you don’t know what is going to happen,” he explained. Vollering wins Giro to complete Grand Tour trilogy