Sportive: Cycling Event Reports

Gran Fondo Stelvio Santini: Dalany falls down a hill and climbs up a mountain

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2018-06-19 12:35:52 - Having moved to Italy last September but not getting the chance to ride Passo Del Stelvio during the summer, I had been waiting rather impatiently for the snow to be...

The Only Way Is Wessex: Jim tours the southwest on a pizza quest

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2018-06-06 10:42:30 - A stalwart on the sportive scene, the Tour of Wessex has been around for many a year, and was the first multi-day event you could ride in the UK. A three-stage monster...

Black Rat ride report: Gospel Pass leaves Paul praying for salvation

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2018-06-05 09:43:58 - The new route for the Black Rat sportive presented a dilemma. The longest of the three routes, the 166km Granfondo, was going over Gospel Pass, near Abergavenny, for the...

I'll get me cote: Ben joins the laughing group on Tour de Yorkshire Ride

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2018-06-01 10:52:27 - As cyclists go, I've always been on the heavy side. Being 6ft 2in means I do carry a larger frame than most, and also having had two children, I have struggled with...

In the shadow of Monte Zoncolan... But there's more to Friuli than a legendary mountain

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2018-05-18 22:16:58 - It was my first time in Italy, and I was struck by just how true the Italian countryside stayed to its idyllic stereotype. Rows of grapevines as far as the eye could...

Mad March Hare: Sean revisits an old favourite for a storming ride

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2018-05-15 21:49:18 - OK, so let's get it out of the way - yes, it was held in April. As with just about every event on the 4th of March (the original date), this year's Mad March Hare was...

Giant Rutland CiCLE Tour: Bob enjoys a punishing day on the water

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2018-05-03 00:05:42 - Like many 'sportivistas' out there I've had to suffer the disappointment of a long anticipated event being cancelled due to the bad weather we have all experienced...

Gent-Wevelgem Cyclo: Andy tucks into a Flanders classic

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2018-04-03 12:29:44 - Over the last few years I've travelled a lot of miles to do sportive rides. Driven across France north-west to south-east, flown to Inverness, driven to Yorkshire, the...

Magnificent 7, glorious 6th: John chats up some Sheffield hills

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2018-03-27 12:42:10 - "March is quite early in the year for hill climbing..." was the response from most sensible people when I tried to cajole them into entering this year's Magnificent 7,...

Nasty, brutal and long: James savours the first Two Ton Tour

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2018-03-13 10:42:08 - In July last year we sent James Smith, Director of Primal UK, to ride the first edition of the Two Ton Tour. A brand new event featuring back-to-back century rides on a...

Strade Bianche: Emmie tests the 3T Strada on Tuscany gravel

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2018-03-09 12:04:34 - Cycling has its enduring traditions, like peloton etiquette, sock height and those early-season Classics in Belgium where riders battle over cobbles on bikes that are...

Clay date: Andy dishes the dirt on Evans Gatwick Sportive Cross

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2018-02-27 13:27:51 - Having already admitted an attraction to the messier side of cycling by regularly partaking in an Evans MTB sportive or three, I couldn't pass up the chance to combine...

Hampshire hustle: Andy's road roots die hard on MTB debut

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2017-12-12 12:14:57 - Although I'm not new to sportives, I am new to mountain biking. Up until this year, I hadn't really ridden off road, save for a couple of occasions when my concentration...

Here's mud in your eye: Crossbones Gravelcross report

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2017-11-14 13:38:55 - Location: somewhere on the South Downs. The horizon is shrouded in mist, but we can't miss the three-strand electric fence to our right because it's within touching...

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Cycling enthusiasts want to keep up on the latest events in our sport. However, finding accurate reports online is not always the easiest thing to do. Sportive.com keeps you in the loop with full reports from the biggest and best sportives in the UK and Europe, including the Tour of Flanders, l’Etape du Tour and La Marmotte to name just three. Whichever event you’re planning to ride, we can give you a cyclists’-eye view through our detailed and informative reports.

Our sportive event reports offer the kind of detail you will not find elsewhere, written from a first-person perspective by a cyclist who was actually there, participating in the event. Our reports even include pictures,  maps and insider tips to help you make the most of the ride itself.