Too haute to handle? Andy meets his sportive nemesis on L’Etape du Tour
Lots of people told me not to mess with my bike set up before this Etape, and I didn’t. Apart from…
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Etape du Tour 2017: Dan’s smash-up in the Alps
The Etape du Tour is, as you’re probably aware, a chance for amateurs to ride a stage of the Tour de…
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The Maratona dles Dolomites: No guts, no glory
Early every July, thousands of cyclists descend on the spectacular Dolomites region of northern Italy to tackle one of Europe’s toughest…
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The Daddy of All Climbs: Emmie rides the Granfondo Stelvio Santini
Weather can transform a ride. In this case, the sun’s presence and total absence of any less-than-spectacular weather elevates the climb…
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Battle of the bottle: Emmie rides the Jeroboam Gravel Challenge
All photos Phil Gale & Emmie Collinge Gravel is having a bit of a moment within the world of cycling, seeing…
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Liège-Bastogne-Liège: a classic hat-trick at La Doyenne
I can’t say I hadn’t been warned. My mate Sean had completed the 153km Liège-Bastogne-Liège (LBL) challenge last year and all of…
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Flanders, schmanders… Can Olly clean the Ronde van Calderdale?
As a keen sportivista and lover of cobbles/pavé/kasseien, I’ve been lucky (or mad?) enough to ride the Tour of Flanders sportive…
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Mallorca 312 report: If you only ride one 193-mile sportive, make it this one
It’s not often you start a sportive wondering not ‘How fast will I finish?’ but ‘Can I finish this?’ That was the…
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L’Ariégeoise XXL: this ‘secret’ sportive deserves to be a classic
Last December I had another of those moments where I lost all rational thought, like I had a few weeks earlier…
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Wind, rain and frog: Wiggle Mendips Sportive report
The Wiggle Mendips Sportive on 2 July had the potential to turn into a multi-sport event: cyclists encountered outdoor table tennis,…
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