Cycling blog and skills coaching
The Six Days of Ghent is a pretty incredible coming together of lots of people, bikes and beer in one fantastic city. Taking place towards the end of November, the multi-day competition has been held since 1922 in the Kuipke velodrome based in the Citadelpark. Though the exterior looks a bit like a run-down convention…
After the topographical and emotional rollercoaster that was stage two, the riders awoke on Sunday 7 June to what was, comparatively, a pretty chilled day out. Thing is, they already had 6,500 metres of climbing in their legs and had probably seen almost every centimetre of the 200km parcours so far. Luckily the storms had…
With the first stage under their belts, the 30-something riders at the Trois Etapes Giro woke on Saturday 6 June to a pretty epic day of riding ahead. The race manual detailed just under 100km of riding over a decidedly lumpy profile, which never really looked to flatten out. The total ascent statistic reinforced this, promising…
So first off, what is the Trois Etapes and why are they doing something linked to the Giro, a week after it’s finished? Set up four years ago, the Trois Etapes was created by an organisation called Cosaveli to create a pro-am experience for cyclists while raising money for numerous charities working on incredibly varied…