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They made it! Geneva Nice Stage 6 saw our riders complete the final leg of their holiday. Here are some pictures of their magnificent achievement.

After 550kms, 10,800m of climbing and amazing views our riders approach Nice on the Mediterranean Coast

Not long to Nice! Almost time to swim in the…

Stage 5 of Geneva Nice is exciting. It features the mighty Col de la Bonette, at 2802m altitude, it is the highest through road in Europe.

Col de la Bonette, 24kms of ride. At 2802m this is the highest through road in Europe!

You can see the SportActive Team discuss the climb:

Despite the…

Stage 4 of Geneva to Nice featured an iconic Tour de France climb: Col d'Izoard! This hors catégorie col has seen legendary Tour de France battles. In fact, the two of the sport's greatest riders are honoured: Fausto Coppi and Louison Bobet.

Col d'Izoard, a hors catégorie climb, 2360m altitude. A…

The tour saw our riders take on two Tour de France cols: Télégraphe and Galibier! The latter is an hors catégorie climb of 18 kms and an altitude of 2646m. Not an easy climb but one if the most scenic in the Alps.

Télégraphe 12 kms, 6% gradient. Galibier 18 kms, hors catégorie, altitude 2646m!

Stage 2 of Geneva Nice saw our riders take on Col de la Madeleine. A Tour de France, hors catégorie climb. For many of our riders this was the first time they climbed a col of this intensitiy.

SportActive Riders Climbing Col de la Madeleine 25.3 kms, 9 and 10% gradients, 1924m alt.

Nonetheless,…

Geneva Nice 2018 has begun! The first climb Col des Aravis (1486 m), average gradient 5.7%, offered our riders a taste of what French Alp cycling is about. They were looking and feeling confident before the climb and all did well on the ride.

The SportActive Team ready to ride 'La Routes des…

Peter Sagan picked up his first Paris-Roubaix victory on Sunday the 1st April 2018. The cycling superstar has over 100 professional victories to his name and he has won three consecutive world championships. Clearly elated at the win, he described his “Hell of the North” victory as being better…

Great News! Our highly popular October Summer Cycling training camp and holiday is now taking bookings. Once again you can ride with the Legend Sean Kelly, something that has to be experienced at least once in your cycling career. Live, love, ride.

You…

The Mont Ventoux tour, which is your chance to ride the legendary mountain that the pros fear is now taking place in August as opposed to September.

Ventoux features 22kms of climb, hors category cols, and an altitude of 1909m. Considered to be one of the hardest climbs in cycling, you will…

Getting the balance right with fat is important if you want to be a better road cyclist. Too much and the excess weight will hold you back and slow you down. Too little and you will deplete your glycogen stores faster.

If you feel you need to reduce fat to address the balance, these fat burning…

If you have been riding for a while you may be wondering if you are making progress. With this in mind take a look back at where you were when you started and where you are now. If you are a regular cyclist you'll probably realise a distinct improvement.

When you look back to when you started…

Mont Ventoux is well known for its eyrie barren summit where grey rock is all that surrounds you. This can be quite daunting as you pedal on to the summit. We have written about that extensively in our Mont Ventoux blogs which you can see here.

The views and your surroundings vary considerably on…