Big ride: italy glory of the snow

I’ve been thinking about this climb for months. If I can just get up it, I’ll feel I’ve broken the back of this brutal bike leg. But talking of broken backs, mine is straining. Like fudge doughnuts, s

Below: ‘The Roubaix finish line is different to other races. You can’t be straight on because there are still riders doing laps of the track. I’d only arrived about four minutes before winner Pauline

Two of the eight tallest peaks in the Dolomites are part of the Pale di San Martino, the largest mountain group in the range. The Vezzana and Cimon della Pala peaks are neighbours, though the latter t

I have a terrible habit of signing up for races I’m wholly unsuitable for. First there was the fatbike challenge in the Arctic Circle in midwinter – a chilly affair that saw me trudging through the sn

Alarm. Darkness. Hotel blackout blinds open. Still darkness. Shower in oversize shower room with dinner plate shower head. Do teeth in both his and hers sinks. Find base layer in fitted wardrobe. Wond

When Keegan Swenson crossed the finish line to win the gruelling Leadville Trail 100 MTB race in a time of five hours and 45 minutes, as soon as the celebrations died down, it was his Santa Cruz Blur