Like most road cyclists thesedays, I’ve ridden a few sportive events. I have mixed feelings about these but still regularly support my local ones and a number further afield for different reasons such as the Norwich 100. New sportive riders can learn from my experiences and can see if they can beat my times!
Each sportive I’ve ridden since the beginning of 2013 is written about in the posts below.
The Paris Roubaix Sportive is a cycling event that takes place in Northern France each year. It is one of the most challenging and prestigious amateur cycling races in the world, attracting thousands of participants from all over the globe. The race is named after the famous Paris Roubaix professional cycling race, which is held …
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I’ve compiled a list of local club 2022 reliability rides for the West Midlands area. Dates and routes are to the best of my knowledge and research.
English below! Toerversie Amstel Gold Race voor het eerst virtueel verredenDoe mee op zondag 19 april en test jouw skills in de ultieme finale van de Amstel Gold Race Dit weekend fietsen wielerliefhebbers én profs toch ‘gewoon’ de Toerversie Amstel Gold Race. Hoe? Vanuit hun eigen huis, tuin of garage. De Amstel Gold Race wordt …
Virtual Amstel Gold Race Sportive to take place for the first time Read More »
I’ve compiled a list of local club 2020 reliability rides for the West Midlands area. Dates and routes are to the best of my knowledge and research.
After the fun of the 2017 edition of the Velo Birmingham, the event made its belated return in 2019. A completely different route saw the riders head east into North Warwickshire instead of west into Worcestershire. This made a difference to the parcours with a flatter profile and smaller rolling hills. It also meant paying …
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Gent Wevelgem is becoming a bit of a favourite sportive of mine having done it before in 2017 and 2018. 2017 I ended up doing two sportives in two days, so only did the 90km route as I didn’t want to be too tired for the longer E3 Harelbeke sportive I was doing the next …
Update! There is now a 2020 version of this post. I’ve compiled a list of local club 2019 reliability rides for the West Midlands area. Dates and routes are to the best of my knowledge and research but I accept no liability (and so on and so on) for you turning up and it’s not …
I rode Paris Roubaix once before in 2013, it was…interesting. I ended up riding a route of my own after puncturing and needing to chop off a corner to catch up. A group of friends suggested riding it again this year and wanting to banish the demons of 5 years ago, I said yes straight …
During the week we’d had two days of full-on rain. Not good when cobbles are involved. We also went out for a ride with the intention of my doing some Paris Roubaix recon, only for me to fall off, get some scrapes, bruise a rib and worst of all, smash a pedal to bits. I’d …
Hannah and I decided to head to Belgium this Spring to catch as many of the pro races we could. It also gave us the chance to ride some of the same roads the pros do. We were signed up to do both the Gent – Wevelgem Sportive and Tour of Flanders Sportive. I completed …