Sunday, 31 July 2022

The Tour de France Femmes est arrivee!

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The day finally came for the women's Tour de France, known as the Tour de France Femmes with Zwift.  After years of campaigning Amaury S...
Sunday, 10 July 2022

Rides on the Côte d'Azur: Col de Turini (nearly twice!)

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Descending Col de Turini towards Bollène-Vésubie Col de Turini, which starts 20 miles North of Nice is known among some petrol heads as ...
Thursday, 7 July 2022

Rides on the Cote d'Azur: Col de Braus

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Route on Strava When I visited Nice earlier this year I made a deal with myself to ride the col de Turini, one of the most famous climbs in ...
Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Back doing cycle races and cyclosportives - kind of!

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After years of no cyclosportives, this year I have decided to make a comeback to organised bike events. Interestingly, the coronavirus...
Sunday, 24 April 2022

Tackling the Lake District climbs

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It had been a long time since I had done the Fred Whitton Challenge - more than 10 years. Back in those days it was a case of entering the e...
Sunday, 10 April 2022

Regent's Park, London - my favourite training ground

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There are few well-known haunts for London-based cyclists with Richmond Park and Box Hill being among the top places.  One other place that...
Sunday, 20 March 2022

Quick spin by Lake Geneva on a hire bike

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My hire bike for a spin around Lake Geneva During my recent skiing trip to Chamonix I had been hoping to get in a little bit of two-wheeled ...