Gavin is a keen roadie and sometime blogger for British Cycling, with an impressive sportive palmarès that includes the Dragon Ride, the Granfondo Stelvio and an Etape du Tour.
22 Sep 2015 - The Giro D'Italia is my favourite of the three Grand Tours and has always stirred an inner latin passion in me. Taking place in May, as the provinces of Italy step out...
28 Jul 2014 - The Reigate Rouleur is an event I had my heart set on for a while. I had sufficiently recovered from the trauma of the Stelvio to the extent where the sight of an...
14 Jul 2014 - Sometime around 250BC, the armies of the Roman Empire marched in to Lombardy, Northern Italy. With their penchant for straight roads, legend has it that the road...
15 Apr 2014 - The Spring Onion was billed as the second sportive in the Surrey Double Header by organisers 5034 events, the Compact 50 being held on the day before. Both events were,...
17 Mar 2014 - Following hot on the heels of the Hell of Ashdown, the Kentish Killer completes Kent's very own Classics start to the sportive season. There may not be any cobbles, but...
27 Feb 2014 - The thought of winter sportives has always been a bit much for this fair weather cyclist, and yet the Hell of the Ashdown (HOTA) has been on my bucket list for a while....