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Cycling in Bogotá & the surrounding high plateau: the climbs, roads and atmosphere that make it special
Bogotá makes an immediate statement to a visiting cyclist before the road has even started climbing. The Colombian capital sits at around 2,640 metres above sea level, spread across...
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Cycling in the Vosges: Gérardmer, La Bresse and the climbs that make it special
The Vosges do not have the altitude of the Alps, the celebrity of Mont Ventoux or the sheer scale of the Pyrenees. Look only...
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Beaujolais wine country: cycling through the region of 2026 Tour de France Femmes Stage 5
Stage 5 of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes carries the peloton from Mâcon into the heart of Beaujolais, crossing a landscape of vineyard-covered...
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A cyclist’s guide to Lisbon & the Sintra coast
Lisbon works surprisingly well as a cycling destination because the best riding begins where much of the city starts to disappear.
The Portuguese capital itself...
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Cycling in Dubai desert loops & Jebel Jais: why it deserves a place on your riding list
Dubai is unlikely to be the first destination that comes to mind when planning a cycling trip. Mallorca has the Tramuntana mountains and established...
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A cyclist’s guide to the Andalusian coast: riding from Málaga and Marbella
The Costa del Sol has most of the ingredients required to become one of Europe's obvious winter cycling destinations, yet it still sits slightly...
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Cycling in Valais: why Martigny and Sion deserve a place on your riding list
There are Alpine cycling destinations built around one famous climb, and then there is Valais.
Stay somewhere between Martigny and Sion and the Rhône valley...
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A cyclist’s guide to Dutch coastal routes and polders
The Netherlands is often reduced to one cycling stereotype: flat roads, bike paths and a lot of wind.
That description is not wrong, but it...
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A cyclist’s guide to Emilia-Romagna’s Adriatic coast: Riccione and Cattolica
Riccione and Cattolica offer one of the most accessible cycling bases on Italy’s Adriatic coast. Both towns sit on a broad, largely flat shoreline,...
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Cycling in the High Atlas from Marrakech: the climbs, roads and atmosphere that make it special
Marrakech is one of those cycling bases where the landscape changes faster than you expect.
Within an hour of leaving the city, the traffic and...
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Cycling in Sardinia: coastal roads, wild interiors and why it deserves a place on your riding list
Sardinia does not have the same automatic cycling reputation as Mallorca, Tenerife or the Alps. That is part of what makes it so appealing.
The...
