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… 

And yet again, you turn a corner and this island absolutely takes your breath away…

Photos of our group charity cycling trip from Mount Vesuvius to Mount Etna in Southern Italy and Sicily

Be wary, after you’ve already been climbing for a while and take the left turn in Arona, it will tell you there are still 40 kilometres left to climb…

If you’re looking for the next place to discover on two wheels, Nice could be just it…

It’s an island packed with everything from volcanoes and black sand beaches to lush forests and star-filled skies…

Try and get a tee-off time at Augusta. Try and book a game for you and your mates on Centre Court at Wimbledon. You get the idea, you’re probably never going to run out of the tunnel at the Bernabeau but you are, with a bit of planning, some training and a helmet and pair of shoes going to go and ride the most used climb in Grand Tour History…

A photoset from May in Conwy, North Wales…

I was able to draw on experience riding ultra-distance events in similar weather, not that it made it anymore pleasant. But the support, following and donations meant I had an extra level of motivation and desire to not pull out, or let people down…

A photoset from springtime in the Lake District…

As day breaks on a small, cobbled farm track in North East Belgium it is both nearly impossible to imagine, but also very easy to imagine, the thousands of screaming fans lining the road as the professional pelotons thunder up the hill and cut through the village of Kwaremont…

I was taking photos feeling like I was back in the 70s and I’d worn a suit on the plane to Miami and now we were sailing around the Caribbean in our slacks and deck shoes (in reality I was in a hoody sailing to Belgium but mentally I was in a movie)….

With quite a few clients travelling to the ultimate cycling holiday destination this Spring, it seemed fitting to put together an ‘ideal itinerary’ for a cycling hoiday in Mallorca. I’m sure this will cause controversy, and Sa Battalla being the best climb on the island is a hill I’m willing to die on…

Where to stay, what to do and how to get there…

An older gentleman stands at the counter, downs his single espresso in one and throws a euro on the counter before going about his day…