Chasing Geants: joining the Club des Cingles on Ventoux

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Stelvio Pass Cycling Is The World’s Greatest Climbs

Stelvio is one of the World’s Great Climbs Four days in the Italian Alps featuring classic climbs, local routes & the mighty Stelvio from both sides. Tick some key boxes off the bucket list, discover some great new climbs and relax in beautiful Bormio. Ride Notes This is one of the great cycling weekends for … Read more

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!   The most idiosyncratic and instantly recognizable of all bike races. The arduous filth and … Read more

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 to the 2019 Tour of Flanders!   If this is the first weekend in April, … Read more

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. Welcome to the 2019 Gent Wevelgem Sportive!   If you’re wondering about the spelling, or … Read more

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 the Etape du Tour. If you want total assurance your bike will arrive, a bike … Read more