Oisin Sands is the editor of Sportive.com, and after an unpromising start (his first sportive featured hallucinations of riding a tandem) he has now at least mastered the art of attaching numbers to his bike with zip ties. 2014’s schedule includes the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Dragon Gran Fondo and One Day Coast to Coast but his long-term ambition is to climb every mountain. In between sportives, Oisin is busy trying to work out the fastest colour of bar tape.
2023-02-01 12:06:32 - Entries open today for the King's Cup Gravel Festival. The three-day event includes the official British Gravel Championships, alongside a 40km or 60km Gravel Fondo and...
2023-01-26 17:31:55 - Entries are now open for the Rapha Manchester to London Challenge, a 220-mile ride in aid of charity. This year sees the 9th edition of the ride take place on Sunday 25...
2023-01-18 12:11:15 - Entries are now open for the Ekoi Stone Circle, a new gravel ride by Hotchillee. This exciting new addition to the UK gravel calendar will take place on 24 June during...
2023-01-17 16:40:18 - UK Cycling Events have added a Sunday date to their ever popular New Forest Classic Sportive. With places for the Saturday event now sold out, riders will have a second...
2023-01-17 13:20:39 - As cyclists continue to look for wilder and more remote places to explore on their bikes, Glorious Gravel have launched a major new gravel cycling event coming to...
2023-01-13 10:04:46 - Ford has been announced as title sponsor of RideLondon 100, the UK's biggest closed road sportive. The car manufacturer has signed a three year deal, building on its...
2023-01-11 17:35:27 - Cycling tour specialists Sportive Breaks have announced that Lotto-Soudal rider Matthew Holmes is to join the team. The British born rider has enjoyed a successful...
2023-01-11 13:12:31 - Early-bird entries are now open for Lap the Lough. Probably Northern Ireland's biggest road sportive (at least now that the much-missed Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia is no...
2023-01-09 22:06:16 - Entries have reopened for the Dragon Ride 2023. After selling out the original allocation of entries in September, the organisers have reopened the ballot with a limited...
2023-01-09 15:47:06 - Entries are open now for the Rapha Pennine Rally - a self-supported, 500km bikepacking adventure from Edinburgh to Manchester. This year sees the third edition of the...
2022-12-21 11:37:12 - National Blood Cancer charity Cure Leukaemia (CL) have announced a brand new cycling event that will see a team of 30 amateur cyclists riding their way across Great...
2022-12-19 16:25:21 - OK so you've left it late, but there's still just about time to find a pressie for that cyclist in your life! From classic socks to festive lights and fireside reads, we...
2022-12-16 13:24:48 - With Christmas on the horizon, Strava sending their end-of-year reports and snow general across these islands, you'd be forgiven for calling it a wrap for 2022. But for...
2022-12-09 16:06:05 - Ribble Cycles have added some steel to their gravel range with a new Reynolds 725 model. Featuring a frame built of 725 tubing from the iconic British company, the...
2022-12-09 12:50:56 - Fancy lining up alongside the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Peter Sagan and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot at next year's UCI Gravel World Championships? You may just be in...
2022-12-09 10:44:59 - Entries open this morning for Ireland's biggest road sportive, the Wicklow 200. 2023 sees revised routes and the addition of a new 150km option. For more details and to...
2022-12-07 13:21:31 - The Rapha Festive 500, everyone's favourite festive cycling challenge, is back for 2022. If you've not heard of the Festive 500, it's Rapha's way of encouraging you to...
2022-12-05 11:44:43 - Hop on the short ferry from central Oslo over to Bygdøy, and you'll find a cluster of maritime museums dedicated to Norway's national passion for exploration....
2022-12-01 00:01:49 - Entries open at 8am this morning for probably the UK's biggest gravel sportive, The Dirty Reiver. Boasting new sponsors, new routes and an endless supply of energy...
2022-11-30 22:50:23 - As an old-timer who remembers the early days of Rapha, the idea of the one-time smooth-calved tarmac junkies selling MTB kit still makes my head spin a bit. Times and...
