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The French Alps

The Best Sportives on Pro Cycling Race Routes

by admin

You can’t just turn up and play football at Wembley the day before the cup final. You can’t go and bat at Lords the morning of a Test match and you can’t run the 100m at the Olympic Stadium while Usain Bolt is warming up on the track. Unique to cycling is the brilliant reality … Read more

Categories Blog, European Sportive Guides, One Day Classics Tags Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, The Ardennes, The French Alps

Riding the 2016 Etape du Tour Route

by admin

Less than 24 hours after the 2016 Etape du Tour route was announced, we got ourselves to Megeve. At 9am in chilly 2 degree weather, we embarked upon the 146km route to Morzine. These are our notes from a stunning day’s riding:

Categories Blog, Sportive Reports Tags France, The French Alps

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