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No riding today for the lads so they head for the train station while Ade and I take the van to the rendezvous at our hotel in Mestre which is on the mainland.

All goes smoothly and we drop our … Read more

Today is the day for the big push back towards Venice. A 95 mile race to Treviso, the weather is hot, we’re heading mainly down hill and away from the mountains…

However, we need to avoid the major roads and … Read more

We start late today. One climb over and down to Ovaro where we are staying. From there we’re taking on the famous Zoncolan which starts in Ovaro. It’s going to be a straight up and down but we know it’s … Read more

Glorious weather as the lads set off for the move from Arabba to Auronzo. Some tough climbs today but first job is to get Marty’s wheel sorted.

The lads head out for the first climb and Marty and I return … Read more

As you know we weren’t able to do our planned route today due to road closures and bad weather.

However the lads were finally able to get away at 3pm and the plan was to cycle the four passes of … Read more

Well we woke this morning to low cloud, thunder and heavy rain so we’re cabined up hoping to get out later this afternoon.

Either way I’d have been grounded as all the roads around Arabba are closed! Today is the … Read more

A couple of tough climbs today but we set off late as there’s a Lions v All Blacks rugby match to watch first thing. Sadly the Lions got beat so it’s on to the main business of the day.

We … Read more

An early start for us all this morning. Met outside the Cora at 3:30am!

An uneventful journey to Leeds, flight was on time and a great short flight of just 2 hours. Red hot in Venice, probably mid 30s and … Read more

This year’s trip is fast approaching!

At the end of June 2017 we’re off to the Dolomites in Italy

We start by staying for 3 days in the ski resort of Arabba for some tough local climbs and then up … Read more

Today’s ride is the big one. Not so much in total distance but on the length and hardness of the climb. We head out for Banyoles and make good time to the turn off to Pujarnol and the start of … Read more