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A Season in the Stelvio

One of our lead guides, Taylor, spent all of last summer living in Bormio riding the giant climbs of the region every week leading the Stelvio Weekender. He shares how he got on during his Stelvio summer and what it’s

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Paris – Roubaix sportive preview

Sportive Breaks’ own John Deering spend the 2018 classics season embedded with Peter Sagan and Team Bora Hansgrohe. Here is part two of his Spring Classics preview featuring the king of the cobbles, Paris Roubaix Welcome to the 2019 Paris Roubaix!

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European Sportive Guides

Tour of Flanders sportive preview | Sportive Breaks

Sportive Breaks’ own John Deering spend the 2018 classics season embedded with Peter Sagan and Team Bora Hansgrohe. Here is part two of his Spring Classics preview featuring the biggest sportive of the classics season, the Tour of Flanders Welcome

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European Sportive Guides

Gent Wevelgem sportive preview

Sportive Breaks’ own John Deering spent the 2018 classics season embedded with Peter Sagan and team Bora Hansgrohe. This is the first in his series of articles as the Spring classics return to northern Europe this Sunday with Gent Wevelgem.

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Getting Your Bike to the Etape du Tour

  One of the most common questions we get is how to get your bike abroad. Each option is suitable for different people. If you have a bike you are comfortable with, bringing your bike is better than renting for

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Sportives Information & Advice

Event Day Nutrition Tips

The most important thing is that we don’t leave our nutrition strategy until the day, or even a few weeks, before. Our bodies need to get used to what we are doing and so the same approach we have with

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Our Top 7 Bike Hotels in Europe

Each year we visit hundreds of bike friendly hotels across Europe to find you the best accommodation for your cycling holidays and sportive breaks. Our search is ongoing but here are our current favourite seven bike hotels in Europe (in

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