🚵🏽♂️Stage #15: Gravel meets road racing in Italy
plus, Canyon release their 'do it all' Gravel bike
📖 Read
#adventure #bikepacking
The Route des Grandes Alpes is the greatest bike-packing trip you’ve never heard of. It takes you from the crystal blue waters of Lac Léman, to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Over 770 km, you’ll climb almost every major ‘Col’ in France, and cover 17,000 m of elevation. It’s a breath-taking trip.
10 minute read
#MTB #results
Tom Pidcock is back in the news again after winning a round of the MTB World Cup. The young British rider is mixing road racing, cyclo-cross and MTB for the Ineos Grenadiers and showing us that being multi-disciplined isn’t all that difficult!
5 minute read
#gravel #roadracing
Gravel is one of the latest trends to hit cycling, and we’re all for it. How cool is it to see one of the most traditional road races in the world, the Giro d’Italia, add a monstrous gravel climb to the end of one of the stages? Just look how quickly the 2019 Tour de France Champion (and ex-MTBer), Egan Bernal, motors up the climb.
4 minute read
#gravel #tech
Canyon have joined Cerveló in releasing an all new Gravel bike. The Canyon ‘Grizl’ is arguably their most versatile bike ever. Bigger tires, more pack/bag mounting options and new gravel-specific components. The Grizl could be last bike you need to buy…
5 minute read
#sports #womenscycling
After a 33-year absence, the Women’s Tour de France will be returning in 2022. The current Tour de France director gave little detail, but said: “I can tell you there will be links with the past, with the present, and perhaps the future”. However, as always, the announcement didn’t come without a touch of controversy.
#training #nutrition
When you ride your bike, you’ve got to fuel the machine. Eating good quality, healthy food is important. It’s not always easy to find food that is tailored to athletes. Either prep-times are too long, or there are horrible macros. This cookbook from British chef Alan Murchison, was made by a cyclist, for cyclists. It’s one to add to the book shelf for sure!
5 minute read
📱Tweet of the week
How did he keep that up? Racing in Italy, the AG2R development rider had quite a scare when a dog came on to the road. He managed to save the crash by grabbing on to another rider’s seat-post!
🎧 Listen
Andy Chasteen is one of the best cycling photographers in the business, and he’s also putting together one of the biggest gravel races to date, Rule of 3. Give this podcast a listen and find out how he mixes living out of his van with his gravel and photography. The ultimate off-road lifestyle.
41 minute listen
👀 Watch
Sit back, relax, and get your gravel fix with this documentary from The Vegan Cyclist. Watch as the two riders take on one of the hardest gravel adventures in the world, the Death Valley. They attempt to ride along a well-established motorcycle course called “The California Backcountry Discovery Route (CABDR).
1h 40 minute watch