In professional cycling, the Triple Crown is the name given to winning 3 major titles in the same year. Usually the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the World Championships. Not many riders have achieved this remarkable feat. Eddy Merckx managed it and later Stephen Roche also won the Tour, Giro and World Championships […]
We are proud to be appointed as Official Fan and Amateur Participant Travel and Experience Provider for the 2023 UCI UCI Cycling World Championships UCI Cycling World Championships will take place in Glasgow and across Scotland from 3 – 13 August 2023. Sportive Breaks has a wealth of experience working across major events and will […]
If you’re a cycling fan, then the first half of April can mean only one thing: cobbles. There are all sorts of races taking place virtually daily across Northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands over this crucial period in the racing calendar, but two giant events stand astride all others. The first Sunday of April […]
Over your lifetime you will clock tens of thousands of kilometres on your bike. When you look back at the end of it a few rides will stick out. These are our top 10 bucket list rides you need to plan. We are not saying these are the best 10 days on the bike you […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, the route this year is unlike anything that has gone before with a stage full […]
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 […]
Sportives come in all shapes and sizes from local rides organised by volunteers at the cycling club to massive, closed road races featuring riders from all over the world. There are some great small, local events all around the world but for history, beauty and prestige these are the Big 6. A collection of sportives […]
A question we get all the time, what is the hardest sportive in Europe? Ok, so lets rule out the small, specialist events that are only for the hardcore (here’s looking at you Tour de Mont Blanc with your 8,000m of climbing) and we will rule out anything further than Mallorca 312 as this is […]
