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Mosquito Bikes Announce Alpine Training Weekend

Custom bike specialists Mosquito Bikes have teamed up with the Chalet d'Antoine in Megeve, France, to offer a long weekend of riding in the Alps over the Bank Holiday Weekend at the start of June (1st-4th).

Tour of Wessex Announces Live GPS Tracking for all Participants

Pendragon Sports, the organiser of the Tour of Wessex, have teamed up with Flaik event tracking to provide live tracking at this year's cyclosportive taking place from the 2-4 June starting in Somerton, the Ancient Royal Capitol of Wessex.

Maxifuel The Longest Day REVIEW

A stunning early morning cloudless sky, moderated by a chilly breeze, woke me up on the 7am ride to the start point of the Maxifuel Longest Day Sportive at the iconic Eton Dorney venue - home to the Olympic rowing regatta.

The Paul Kirk North Lincs Cyclosportive REVIEW

The North Lincs CycloSportive has been re-named as the 'Paul Kirk North Lincs Cyclosportive'. This is as a memorial to local cyclist Paul Kirk who was a keen cyclist and charity fund raiser. Arriving at the Leisure Centre, it was once again cold, but thankfully dry. Still very much in start-up mode the 100mile option is out for me, but the 100km offered a challenge.

Motion in Mercia REVIEW

With this event being local to me I had the luxury of a lie in, and the overnight frost had started to melt under blue skies as I packed the car for the short trip to Wolverhampton and the start of a new event for Kilo To Go. They have started running a sort of preview ride in the form of the free to attend Ride Outs and the first one of the year in early January was for this new sportive. Attendance on that ride was capped at 100 and was filled up quickly, from which the positive feedback undoubtedly helped the numbers signing up for the main event.

Wiggle New Forest Spring Saturday Sportive REVIEW

The alarm went off at 4:40am. Mad as ever! As this was my fifth event of the year, I've now got the hang of packing for a sportive so it doesn't take me long to get ready and I was out of the house and on the road by about 5:15am. I'm getting quite good at driving east these days as the last two events have been over that way too. At least those roads are quite fun first thing in the morning, as they're fast and empty.

Last Call for Yorkshire’s White Rose Classic

One of Yorkshire's Primer Cycle Sportives, The White Rose Classic is filling up fast with just over 100 entries out of the 1000 places available - so if you are thinking of riding this superb sportive, get your entries in quick before it's full!

Il Marcha Cicloturista Alberto Contador Announced

Up and Active are now hosting a weekend of cycling in Madrid, which includes the second Marcha Alberto Contador Sportive Event. The 102kmm or 182km Racing Sportive is well organised, full of atmosphere and has closed roads, police out riders, plenty of fast racing and Alberto himself.

Wiggle Jurassic Classic Route Revealed

The Prostate Cancer Charity has unveiled details of the route for its first mass participation event to be held this summer. Taking its name from the Jurassic coastline it embraces, The Wiggle Jurassic Classic, will pass through some of Devon’s most picturesque coastline when it comes to the county on 8th July.

Etape Cymru Press Day REVIEW

I rode the inaugural Etape Cymru in October last year, which although had a fantastic and challenging route, was let down by a number of logistical and organisational errors. I was fortunate therefore to be invited to the press launch of the revamped 2012 edition, which would be a good opportunity to see what new organisers Participate Sport (whose staff were organisers of the Etape Caledonia and London Triathlon) have planned to combat the problems.