Sportives and organised rides

Council gives 2019 Etape Caledonia go-ahead after change in organiser

Closed-road sportive in Perthshire returns on 19 May next year

road.cc Festive Rideout free ticket giveaway

We have 100 free tickets for our Festive rideout so sign up to join us for a bit of riding, some pizzas, beer and free schwag

Details confirmed for L’Etape du Tour 2019 (+ video)

135km route runs from Albertville to Val Thorens in the French Alps with three big climbs

New organisers for Etape Caledonia, event to return in 2019

Limelight Sports to manage closed road sportive on behalf of IMG and also takes on London and Blenheim Triathlons

road.cc recap: ten of our top stories this week

Some of the top stories from another busy week on two wheels...

Trans Alba Race announced

1,000+ mile self-supported ride around Scotland

Vélo Birmingham and Midlands officially launched! + Our top big sportive tips

New date, women-friendly focus and entirely new route that heads east out of Birmingham and takes in the Coventry cobbles

Weather warnings force cancellation of Vélo South closed road sportive

Met Office yellow weather warning predicts gale force winds and heavy rain – organisers promise full refunds of entry and car parking fees

Legal challenge launched and protests planned against Velo South

Closed road event will see 15,000 cyclists ride 100 miles through West Sussex later this month

Coroner to write to Tour de Yorkshire sportive organisers after cyclist’s death

Coach driver had reversed into side road and was pulling out again

Ballot registration now open for 2019 RideLondon-Surrey 100

Next year's event will take place on Sunday 4 August as hugely popular sportive enters seventh year

Video: Motorists force their way onto roads closed for RideLondon

Bystanders attempt to stick up for isolated marshal

Cyclist dies during Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100

Nigel Buchan Swanson, aged 69 suffered cardiac arrest shortly after the halfway point

Off-road Tour of Flanders announced

The classic 'Ronde van Vlaanderen' hits the dirt in the Ardennes

The Red Bull Million Mile Commute on Strava is coming on 1st July

Red Bull's Million Mile Commute is back, and this time the challenge is to collectively smash the million mile mark in just one month!

North London Dirt – a day of on and off-road riding through North London

Profits will go to St Mary's Centre N16

Women’s races to start behind sportive riders at Tour of Cambridgeshire

Race director says that decision has been made for safety reasons after reviewing last year's event

New Deloitte Ride Across Britain route takes in the Cairngorms – and one of the UK’s toughest climbs

Riders in September's Land's End to John O'Groats ride will face the 20 per cent gradient of the Lecht

Dockless bike-share firm Mobike set to be sold for $2.7 billion

Three-year-old company now operates in more than 200 cities worldwide and is vying with Ofo for market leadership

Get up to 50% off the entry price for the Bradford on Avon Cycling Festival just for being a road.cc reader

Hill climbs, sportives and family rides should make for a great weekend of riding for everyone with the return of the Bradford on Avon Cycling Festival this coming July

Iconic Cycling Events offer team road.cc members a 10% discount off of Bike Bath, Oxford & Chester sportives

Join fellows road.cc readers at one of three great sportives put on by Iconic Cycling Events, if you are a club member you'll get 10% off too

Raise money for Lyme Disease Action at this year’s RideLondon-Surrey 100 – charity places still available

Ride your bike, raise money for charity

Retro vs modern: comparing a vintage steel racer with a modern machine on the Eroica Britannia route

We recently attended the launch for Eroica Britannia’s new Eroica Nova, a separate ride over the Eroica weekend which allows the use of modern bikes; so we tried out some of the course on modern and retro rides to see what the difference was...

Eroica Britannia weekend will now include the Eroica Nova sportive, where modern bikes are allowed

The usual Eroica rules state that participants must use a bike built pre-1987; however the addition of the new Nova event to run alongside the ‘Classic’ rides allow entrants to use any bike over the 80 mile course

Two charged after alleged attacks on cyclists at last year’s Tour o’ The Borders

Riders taking part in Scottish event last September said protesters blocked road and hit some people with sticks

Northumberland’s Cyclone Festival to host GB National Road Championships this year

News comes less than four months after organiser of north-east event warned that this year's festival could be the last

Cyclists to ride across Australia in memory of Mike Hall despite cancellation of Indian Pacific Wheel Race

More than a quarter of field for this year's race from Fremantle to Sydney have pledged to keep riding

Indian Pacific Wheel Race 2018 cancelled by organisers

Forthcoming inquest into death of Mike Hall, killed during last year's race, cited for decision taken with "an extremely heavy heart"

No repeat of Vélo Birmingham this year – but event will return in spring 2019 and on a new route

15,000 riders took part in last year's inaugural edition of closed road sportive

Canyon confirm the bikes they’ll be bringing to each of our BikeLIVE demo days

We take an in depth look at the bikes Canyon will be bringing with them to our road.cc BikeLIVE demo days