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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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The Best European Sportives of 2020

Planning your 2020 cycling year and want to get away to ride a European Sportive? There are so many events these days, how do you chose what;s right for you? We break down the top rides of the year, from

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Chasing Geants: joining the Club des Cingles on Ventoux

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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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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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Must Ride Climbs: #1 – Passo dello Stelvio

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, number 3 – Passo

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Analysing the 2018 Etape du Tour Route

The 2018 Etape du Tour is out and it looks like an absolute stunner. The race directors have created a very innovative Tour with cobbles, gravels and a short 65km stage amongst all the classic climbs. The Etape is similar,

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