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Features

Getting a VO2 max test

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VO2 max testing - on the bike

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VO2 max testing

It doesn’t hurt THAT badly. Getting a metabolic assessment where you cycle to your max with a weird mask strapped to your face is never going to be particularly pleasant, but I’ve known worse. Sure, you’re in pain, but it’s only really bad for a matter of seconds and, unlike an interval training session, you don’t have to start again after a little break. Just tell yourself that it’s all for the greater good and it’s fine. Well, ‘fine’ might be pushing it. It’s bearable.

Dragon Ride: we recce the new Medio Fondo route

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Riding by the sea on the road to Ogmore

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Dragon ride recce, April 2011

Wait for the cattle grid. The climb starts at the cattle grid, then it's 20 minutes to the top, he kept saying. But we'd been climbing for half an hour already, and the elusive metal grille was remaining elusive as the road snaked ever upwards. Welcome to the Bwlch.

Weekend Ronde Up

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Weekend Ronde Up

It was quite easy really, across Kent as quick as possible, hot-tilt boogie through the Chunnel and out along the North coast of Europe for not long at all to a romantic dockland suburb of Gent and the even more romantic Fomule 1 hotel where the smell of Death stalks the corridors, or maybe it’s just the critical mass of B.O., for too little sleep and the standard Continental insufficient pre-ride breakfast of bad coffee and Nutella filled rolls.

Heat and Dust: We follow Paris-Roubaix with Team Sky and IG Markets (+ pictures)

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Paris-Roubaix 2011

In springtime, most Sunday afternoons would see me glued to the TV screen watching the drama of that weekend’s Classic unfold. Last Sunday, however, found me dipping in and out of Paris-Roubaix thanks to Team Sky and its sponsor, IG Markets, while acquiring an unexpected knowledge of the autoroute network of Northern France; it was a thrilling and unforgettable experience and also, as will be seen, an unexpectedly emotional one.

Good Vibrations on the Ronde de Vlaanderen… and the cobbles of Paris Roubaix

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Rob's Flanders Adventure

We are riding on mythical roads owned by gods and legends, but today I’m not worshipping. Instead, I’m being sacrificed on their cobbled altar, a dish of the day served battered and numb. This is what it feels like to ride the pave – welcome to Hell…

Off with a roar: Endura Lionheart ride report

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Endura Lionheart Sportive - riders wait at the start

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Endura Lionheart sportive

Well the sun shone, 600 mile- and cake-hungry folks turned up, the course was excellent, the refreshments were plentiful and the setting among the best in the country. The Endura Lionheart has all the makings of a stalwart calendar classic after just one run. Good effort!

Viner Maxima RS: we get our handbuilt superbike

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Mat's ride position on the hoods

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Viner, collection

Finally, I've got my hands on our brand new Viner Maxima RS for review on road.cc, and it's looking amazing. Excited? Oh yes.

The terrain in Spain

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Climbing in La Manga

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La Manga Club

The sun is shining, the roads are smooth and empty, and we can smell the sea as we pick up speed on the long descent. Even better, the word is that it’s cold and raining back in the UK. Bonus!

Oman gears up for its big bike race - the Tour of Oman

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Oman - Cornish posters Muscat

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Oman

The Tour of Oman starts on February 15th. The Gulf state is readying itself for the event titularly organised by Eddy Merckx. A pre-Tour report from Our Man in Oman, Carlton Reid.

"Everybody is very excited," an Oman-based British journalist told me earlier this week. And there's evidence for this excitement all over Muscat, capital city of the Sultanate of Oman. The Tour of Oman will be here in a couple of weeks and already the place is awash with banners and posters celebrating the arrival of the five-day pro race.

2011 WorldTour bikes: In full - Which teams are riding what bikes & kit this season

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2011 ProTeam bikes

Although the early-season Classics are still a few weeks away, the WorldTour (ProTour as was) teams have already raced the first event, the Tour Down Under, so it’s high time we took a look at the bikes they’re all riding this year.