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Rapha to host Etape evening

Advice and inspiration for those riding this year's Etape du Tour...

Cycle clothing company Rapha are hosing an Etape evening next month with the aim of helping people to prepare for the big ride.

This year’s Etape du Tour (the organisers holding just the one again, rather than two) is a loop from Annecy in the Haute-Savoie department, and at 81 miles (130km) it is actually a little longer than the Tour de France stage upon which it is based.

Rapha’s Etape Evening is designed to offer advice and inspiration for those taking part in the ride.

Rapha say, “Having done a full reconnaissance of the route, presentations from Rapha and Cyclefit will provide detailed advice on what to expect along the road, some cultural background to the region and insights on riding tactics, gearing and fuelling.”

The event, which will be in a seminar format, takes place on Friday, 14 June. The evening will start at the Rapha Cycle Club on Brewer Street (W1F 9ZN) at 6pm while the presentation will take place 10 minutes up the road at The Old Cinema in the University of Westminster.

The cost is £15 per person and you need to register in advance. Go to Rapha’s website for all the details. 

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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Tony Farrelly | 10 years ago
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Thanks Nermaloids, maybe that's the debrief on the 14th July  3

Not sure how we missed that considering it's written on the picture but that's our special powers coming in to play once again.

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Nermaloids | 10 years ago
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Typo? The etape is on the 7th July, I doubt Rapha's presentation is a week later?

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