L'Etape du Tour

L'ɴape Du Tour Velo Magazine 2006 will once again be an opportunity for close to 8,500 enthusiastic amateurs, to discover the roads of the best riders.
The meeting is set for Monday the 10th of July. And it'll concern one of the toughest stages of the 2006 Tour de France: Gap >> L'Alpe d'Huez.
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La Morzine Vallee Du Alps

On my quest to get fit for the Etape I entered this race in Morzine. We stayed at Carla's awesome chalet in Samoens went on a great hike on Saturday that ended with us drinking Champagne cocktails around an Alpine...
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Tour of Wessex

It all started out as someone's bright idea as a great training ride for the Etape, but on reflection and further reading and a look at the course profile, this might turn out to be the main event!
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Sani2C

Once again I was to spend my holiday on a epic bike journey across a part of South Africa... first it was the Cape Epic and now I was to test my legs against the mighty Umkomaas Valley.




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Mont Blanc

June 2005 and Andrew and I travelled to Chamonix with the intention of climbing to the summit of the Mont Blanc massif (4810m) on the French / Italian border. In order to accomplish this we had hired the services of Chamonix Guiding in order to teach us how to navigate crevass fields and walk with crampons and ice axes without impaling ourselves!

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Scrambling in Wales

"Hey Kev, the one thing I don't want to happen now is for the mist to come in..." Fatefull words when spoken half-way up the excellent scramble of Bristly Ridge south of Tryfan.



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The Cape Epic

It all started on the 28 February in Knysna. Matt, my biking buddy, and I woke up at 5am and climbed onto our bikes. 52 grueling hours later, covering more than 820km and climbing well over 11000 meters we arrived at Spier Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. I was 5kgs lighter and feeling older and pretty fatigued.



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South Downs Way

The first of many rides in training for the Cape Epic saw me pedalling the length of the South Downs Way over two days.






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Wales Mountain Biking

Time to get the training started for The CAPE EPIC in February 2004. Since the other member of the No T.I.T.S team (Stu Slater) is in Cape Town I dragged Peej, Paul and Tony out for some great biking in Southern Wales.




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Gliding

Sunday 3 August 2003 was a successful evening organised by Tony our flatmate who is a glider pilot at the Lasham Aerodrome. Come soar with us...





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Lofoten Islands

After a week paddling under the midnight sun the darkness of London seemed greyer than ever but at least the darkness would enable us to sleep well and dream of our next adventure, come paddle with us...




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