I spoke to a very reputable cycling hotel recently who informed me that for cycling groups they offer ‘unlimited carbohydrates’ at breakfast and dinner. This is what we are talking about.

Get it right and it will pay dividends. Get it wrong, and you could be bonking halfway up a mountain with no one around and not a single doughnut in sight to sort you out…

You climb straight out of the door. Long, uninterrupted mountain roads with serious elevation gain. If your goal is to come home fitter, Tenerife delivers in a way few places can…

The climb is punchy, and you don’t get the unbroken views at the top like some other climbs, but you can buy a knock off Maradona shirt from the market stall there…