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How To Stay Hydrated On Your Big Sportive

How to stay hydrated on a sportive You have signed up for a major sportive where the route is likely to be longer, hotter and with more elevation than anything else you will ride this year. If you want to thrive

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Cycling in Morocco: The High Atlas Loop

More and more of us are packing our bikes and heading to sunny climbs each spring to get in those early season miles. Mallorca is bursting at the seams, the Canary Islands are packed and every spot of the long

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The Ultimate Cycling Training Plan

From our personal experience and from speaking with hundreds of riders after a big event, cycling glory doesn’t come from grinding up the last climb in pain. Cycling glory is the result of a great training plan and riding to

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Hill Climbing Techniques

One of the great challenges for us amateur riders is dealing with long climbs on sportives, particularly as most of us live in flatter areas. So many riders focus just on getting miles in their legs or weight loss and

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Best Of The Cobbled Classics

The two weeks from Gent Wevelgem to Paris Roubaix are packed with some of the best pro races and sportives of the year. Flanders buzzes with excitement and the sport is rarely off the front pages. Thousands of amateur riders

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Ride Report: Granfondo Stelvio Santini

The Stelvio Santini Gran Fondo is a bucket list ride, highly recommended for any cyclist. There are three routes to choose from: 60km, 137.9km or 151.3km, which sounds fine – until you realise how much climbing is involved! We chose

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Etape du Tour 2020 Route Recon

The Etape du Tour breaks away from it’s usual home in the Alps or Pyrenees, and heads to the Cote d’Azur. Many regular ‘Etappers’ are well used to the Galibier, Tourmalet Izoard & Glandon. Although this region may be much

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Breakfast Plan For Cycling Sportives

Our cycling breakfast plan for race day We’ve all had those days where you just can’t seem to find the energy for training. But have you thought that maybe it’s something to do with what you’re eating? Or not eating?

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Bucket List Climbs: Passo del Ghisallo

We are counting down the most legendary climbs, the ones that all riders need to tackle once in their lives. Check out the others in the list; number 5 – Col du Tourmalet & number 4 – Alpe d’Huez What Makes the Ghisallo so

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Bucket List Climbs: Col du Tourmalet

What Makes the Col du Tourmalet so Special? The original classic climb. The Col du Tourmalet was the first of the really big mountain passes used in the Tour when it was included in the 1910 route. Up to 2017,

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