‘Hell of the North’ Lures London’s Bike-Riding Financial Pros

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Tom Underhill is preparing for the challenge of professional cycling’s toughest terrain by riding in some of the most genteel streets of London.

The sales director at Artemis Fund Managers Ltd., which oversees $18.3 billion of assets, hurtles on his bike over a 100-meter (328-foot) stretch of cobblestones in Park Square Mews near Regent’s Park to prepare for a slog over the country lanes of industrial northern France.