Sportive

Get a half price Grand Tour Club sportive entry to celebrate launch of this fantastic new five-stage series! Plus 45mm carbon Enve wheels for under £1,000, 50% off Rudy Project shades + more

As well as the special Grand Tour Club offer to kick off your sportive season for less, we've also spotted big discounts on Castelli kit and Rapha accessories, Coospo's Radar Tail Light and Muc-Off bike wash kit. Grab yourself a bank holiday bargain!

Fri, May 01, 2026 16:15
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British cyclist dies after suffering heart attack during Liège-Bastogne-Liège sportive

Tributes have been paid to Colin Moses, who was taken to hospital on Saturday morning during the amateur event, with the Three Peaks Cyclocross organisers describing the Yorkshireman as “one of our own”

Thu, Apr 30, 2026 10:09
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British cyclist dies during Tour of Flanders sportive

Man from Britain riding event with his son dies after suspected heart attack

Sun, Apr 05, 2026 09:50
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RideLondon is no more: sportive placed on “indefinite pause” following “operational and financial considerations of event’s future”

"Indefinite pause follows operational and financial considerations of the event’s future direction"

Tue, Feb 10, 2026 14:38
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Finding out the hard way that all the expensive upgrades in the world won’t stop you getting dropped

Will riding a very fancy bike in the Lanzarote sun convince Dan to sell a kidney for Di2 and the latest carbon frame?

Wed, Oct 22, 2025 17:07
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The biggest (and most affordable) cycling tour you’ve never heard of: taking on Friesland’s legendary Eleven Cities Cycling Tour

The Eleven Cities Cycling Tour - or 'Fietselfstedentoch' in Dutch - has been an annual tradition for over a century, and now attracts 15,000 participants from all over the globe

Thu, Jun 26, 2025 07:50
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Tragedy at Tour of Flanders sportive as two cyclists confirmed dead, former Cofidis pro died after “collapsing” on Oude Kwaremont

A third cyclist had to be airlifted to hospital during Saturday's tragedy-marred We Ride Flanders sportive

Sun, Apr 06, 2025 10:11
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RideLondon was cancelled? Hold my Foster’s: Aussie sportive called off an hour before start – because traffic firm didn’t show up after getting dates wrong; Ineos “rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic”; “Gibberish” safety stats + more on the live blog

It’s Wednesday, it’s still quite sunny (hooray!), and Ryan Mallon’s back with more cycling news and views on your middle-of-the-week live blog

Wed, Oct 23, 2024 09:17
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RideLondon “hiatus” for 2025 due to opening of “car use-encouraging” tunnel, suggests FOI request, after London’s walking and cycling commissioner objected to closure of new tunnel for cycling event as “absolute no”

The popular sportive’s pre-existing route would have required the all-day closure of the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, newly published correspondence has revealed, but organisers insist there were “a multitude of reasons” for RideLondon’s cancellation

Thu, Oct 10, 2024 12:12
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RideLondon to take “hiatus” in 2025 for organisers to work on “new concept”, with all entrants receiving full refunds

“We feel the time is right to take a pause this year and bring all stakeholders together to work on a new concept for the world’s greatest festival of cycling” said London Marathon Events CEO Hugh Brasher in a statement

Wed, Sep 11, 2024 15:22
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