What's on your wish list this year? The Marmotte? The Étape du Tour? Riding up the Stelvio? Well, listen up: you could be heading out to the big European sportive or Gran Fondo of your choice, with a friend, for free! We've teamed up with Sportive Breaks to offer one lucky road.cc reader a fantastic package break to a top continental ride. Interested? Read on!
Sportive Breaks are an official partner to many top sportives and they offer entries and hotel bookings for all the top European sportives in one place. They research each host town and sell only cycle friendly hotels in the best locations for each sportive, so you can be sure of the best ride experience. And that's what you can win!
The prize is two entries to a sportive of your choice, from a stellar list:
- Paris Roubaix
- Liege Bastogne Liege
- Mallorca 312
- Nove Colli
- Gran Fondo Mont Ventoux
- Stelvio Santini
- La Marmotte
- L’Etape du Tour
The prize includes three nights at a four-star hotel, and transfers to and from the airport as well. So as soon as you get off the plane, everything's sorted.
Get sportive fit with a 12-week training plan from Dig Deep Coaching
Worried you'll be found out by the Stelvio or the Ventoux? Our prize includes a 12-week plan from Dig Deep Coaching to get you into the best possible shape. Their crack team of coaches – which includes current professional riders such as Ian Field and Steve Lampier as well as ex professional champions like Colin Sturgess – will tailor a package for you to hit your peak on your chosen ride. So: no excuses!
To enter, just fill in your details below. Good luck!
Terms and conditions: The competition will run until midnight on Tuesday 26 January 2016. Employees of Farrelly Atkinson, Sportive Breaks, Dig Deep Coaching, and their families and agents are excluded from entering. Only one entry per person. Multiple entries will be identified and deleted at the sole discretion of Farrelly Atkinson. The winner will be drawn at random from all the entries and notified using the email address supplied on entry. Farrelly Atkinson is not responsible for non-receipt of a winner's email. Should a winner not respond within three days of the sending of the winner's notification, another may be randomly selected at the sole discretion of Farrelly Atkinson. The name of the winner will be posted on road.cc following the draw. The prize is a sportive break and training plan as described; no cash alternative will be offered. As winner you are responsible for organising your travel to and from the airport nearest the event. It is a condition of entry that you agree to join the Sportive Breaks, Dig Deep Coaching and road.cc mailing lists. The judge's decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. By entering the competition you agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
I was thinking of taking up water-skiing, but I couldn't find a lake with a hill.
You've definitely gone too far now. I'm not having this steak and kidney pie-shaming (or port and stilton-shaming for that matter).
If you'll allow stretching the definition of "bicycle" (or maybe not?) I have you covered for "hot cycles" (literally). (Also here)
Awaiting the next feckless driver asking the judge to delay the start of the sentence because "they owe a few more cyclists a proper goodbye"....
All in the article - road tax.
Ah, but: in UK, if a motorist drives into you (or simply parks in a cycle lane, forcing you out into the path of another motorist) then the council...
You're right. I just use the main Long Ashton Rd to get between the A370 and Ashton Court/B3128. Looking at a map, Festival Way doesn't go far...
Hopefully the new device is a big success, but wahoo do have a lot work to do in terms of convincing that their quality control has improved. ...
Agree that the moaning comes from a place of priveledge and ultimately "if only there weren't so many other people driving"....
Have added some clarification....