LAHORE, Feb 21: British cyclist Emily Chappell, who is touring the world on cycle, reached Lahore on Tuesday.

Ms Chappell, who started her journey of the world from Wales on Sept 1, 2011, wants to complete it in four years. She arrived here from Iran and in the next phase she would travel to Islamabad from where she would leave for China.

Talking to the media, the cyclist said she planned the world tour with the spirit to do something in her life. About Pakistan, she said it was a country of loving people. She took some rounds of the velodrome at Nishtar Sports Complex along with Pakistani women cyclists.

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