Sportive: Cycling Training

Le Loop preview: How to prepare for (almost) riding the Tour de France

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2018-06-06 14:27:07 - "So Oisin, I hear you're riding the Tour de France?" asks a cousin on a trip home. "I didn't realise the cycling was going so well!" This is awkward. "Ha ha! Well yes, I...

Why a Proper bike fit may be the best investment to improve your cycling

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2018-05-04 11:46:10 - After months of ignoring a niggly pain on the outside of my knee, the time had come to finally do something about it. Armed with the latest advice from Google and a 4mm...

Backing a Kickstarter cycling project – lessons learned from OMATA

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2018-04-30 07:26:52 - It seems like a long time ago. Back in April 2016 I somehow found a Kickstarter campaign for an Analog GPS Speedometer called an OMATA. The prototype looked fantastic...

Etape du Tour 2018 route analysis - Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand

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2017-10-23 20:09:27 - The 2018 Etape du Tour is a 169km ride from Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand, taking in four significant climbs and totalling an estimated 4,756 metres of ascending during the...

5 ways mountain biking can improve your road cycling

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2017-09-06 10:21:28 - Whether you're a competitive or recreational road cyclist, chances are you're often on the lookout for tips and tricks that will improve your speed and endurance. This...

Renting a road bike in Medellin

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2017-08-15 15:02:49 - Medellin and the surrounding region of Antioquia has a history of producing the very best Colombian cyclists. As soon as you arrive in Medellin you realise that much of...

Bike shops in Medellin for road cycling

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2017-08-15 14:53:49 - You don't need to spend long in Colombia to realise that there is a real love for cycling among the population, helped by the successes of riders such as Nairo Quintana...

Etape du Tour Countdown: Last-minute tips, tricks...and fear

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2017-07-11 14:53:08 - The 2017 Etape du Tour takes place this Sunday in Briancon, and we'll be sending three reporters along from Sportive.com for a frolic in the Alps. Well, not quite a...

10 top tips for cycling in the Alps

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2017-03-28 15:27:20 - Cycling in the Alps is amazing. The quiet roads, epic climbs, and views that take your breath away. We have spent the last five summers at 44South in Morzine, looking...

10 Reasons To Embrace Cold Weather Riding

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2016-12-14 13:24:34 - Winter has arrived. As the Norwegians supposedly say: "There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes." So, rather than retreating to the masochism of the turbo...

Training decreases fitness: how doing nothing can make you a better cyclist

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2016-12-08 17:28:19 - One of the most difficult problems that coaches have is persuading athletes to take recovery days, easy weeks and have a few weeks dossing at the end of a season. I have...

Etape du Tour 2017 route analysis - 178km and 3,529m of climbing

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2016-10-19 09:11:53 - The Tour organisers have again chosen the Alps for the 2017 Etape du Tour and while it isn't the queen stage of the race (that's in the Jura mountains between Nantua...

Free speed: How to descend (more) like a pro

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2016-10-04 07:21:52 - As some of you know I recently went to the Italian Alps and Dolomites, taking on 700 km/450 miles and 20,000m/65,000 feet of climbing over six days' riding. It was a...

Burning matches: timing your efforts in a bike race or sportive

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2016-07-20 10:32:16 - You may have heard the term 'burning matches' when you have been out cycling with friends or in groups. Exclamations such as 'she burnt all her matches early on and...

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Being the best cyclist you can be requires training. We know that. We also know that training is more productive when you know how to do it properly. That's why we offer as many cycling tips and as much sportive training advice as we can. We have a team of experts that share your passion and love to share their experiences.

Increase your wattage, learn how to properly control your speed on descents and use your brakes like the pros do. Learn some of the benefits of cold weather riding, DIY fitness testing, how to be more aero, and long speedy distance rides for training purposes. There is so much information about cycling training here on our site that riders of every level can learn something.