Sportives
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Your Guide to Preparing for the Mallorca 312 & Marmotte Granfondo Alps Sportives
You’ve booked the big sportive and you’re eager to prepare and develop the right condition to complete it. That’s great but how is that accomplished? This guide will provide guidance on how to comple ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2023Read more... -
17 Tips for a Stellar New Year of Road Cycling
We all know that New Year’s resolutions don’t tend to stick. You make the promise to do this and do that, and a few weeks in they start to slide. It’s just how it is. At SportActive, we have your bac ...
Thursday, 29 December 2022Read more... -
Marmotte Alps Sportive- 4 Tour de France Cols, One Glorious Day
Marmotte Alps is Europe's Toughest Alpine Sportive! Ride Glandon (1924m, 20.9 km), Télégraphe (1570m, 11 km), Galibier (2645m, 22 km), Alpe d'Huez (1815m, 13.8 km) in one Glorious Day! 174 km, 5000 a ...
Friday, 23 December 2022Read more... -
Training Tips for Every Kind of Cycling
Whether you crave the feeling of getting to the summit of the highest cols, riding faster on the flat, cyclosportives, or simply enjoy cycling for the beauty of it, we have a training tip for you. In ...
Tuesday, 05 April 2022Read more... -
Am I Good Enough to Ride Marmotte Granfondo Alps?
Marmotte Granfondo Alps is a gruelling one day sportive set in the beautiful and awe inspiring French Alps. Like all great cycling challenges, Marmotte Alps is hard to complete. It is not impossible, ...
Saturday, 12 March 2022Read more... -
7 Tips for Riding Your First Sportive and Loving it!
Sportive and cycling events are wonderful. You get the atmosphere that only the larger organised cycling events can bring, together with challenge and achievement. They are a good way to chart progre ...
Wednesday, 25 May 2022Read more... -
10 Tips to Climb Stronger and Faster
In cycling circles being able to climb fast is revered. We’ve seen some great cycling battles fought on legendary climbs such as Mont Ventoux or Alpe d'Huez. Being able to climb is seen as a sign of ...
Wednesday, 08 September 2021Read more... -
17 Reasons to Ride a Marmotte Granfondo this Year!
There is nothing quite like the challenge of a Marmotte Granfondo. Often set in the most famous mountain ranges in the world, they offer you the chance to ride routes used in the most renowned profes ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Thinking of the Santini GF Mont Ventoux? Warm-up with the Ventoux Challenge
The Santini GF Mont Ventoux amateur sportive is an event to savour. It features a summit finish on the ‘Beast of Provence’. The 135 km event takes you through the beautiful region of Provence where v ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
The Cols of Marmotte Granfondo Pyrénées Sportive
The Marmotte Granfondo Pyrénées sportive is a new event to the amateur circuit. Started in 2016 the sportive is growing in popularity as it offers cyclists a unique climbing challenge in the French P ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
Secure your Entries: Marmotte Alps & M312
Use the M312 to Train for Marmotte Alps! Marmotte Granfondo Alps is your Tour de France Experience. Here you ride famous cols of one of the greatest sporting events in the world. It is considered the ...
Tuesday, 31 December 2019Read more... -
Sportive Tips for Beginners
Sportive Tips If you are inexperienced at riding a sportive or maybe your first one is not too far away, this post will give you some valuable tips at how to ride a sportive more effectively. Sportiv ...
Sunday, 04 July 2021Read more... -
How to Conquer Legendary Cycling Cols
If you’re planning to ride the cols of cycling legend, and you don’t live in the French Alps, it is fair to say that you’re in for a whole new cycling experience. Riding kilometre after kilometre at ...
Tuesday, 29 June 2021Read more... -
Tips to Ride the Mallorca 312 and other Sportives
With famous sportives such as the Mallorca 312 approaching fast, we thought it would be a good idea to give you some tips to riding a better sportive. Sportives offer diverse challenges, therefore it ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2021Read more... -
Discover Sean Kelly’s Essential Advice for Sportive Training
Improve your Sportive Performance Cycle sportives are hugely popular across Europe. They provide an opportunity for you to achieve a new goal, take on a fresh cycling challenge, and test your limits. ...
Tuesday, 29 June 2021Read more... -
How we Look after you in a Sportive
Riding in a sportive gives you the chance to test your limits and appreciate the amazing and wonderful atmosphere of riding with hundreds, sometimes thousands of riders. Their popularity is increasin ...
Tuesday, 29 June 2021Read more... -
Essential Preparation for Every Sportive you Ride
Determine the Best Training Schedule for you Discover what Food Combinations work best for you During a Ride Study the Profile of the Sportive before you Ride it Make Sure you Prepare Well before you ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more... -
How to Ride the Right Pace in a Sportive
Secure your Best Time Riding well in a sportive is not just about the training before hand, but about pacing yourself throughout the event. This is not just about sticking to the right speed, but bur ...
Friday, 28 May 2021Read more...
