The final four weeks leading up to your first century sportive can add a lot to how you perform on the day
Improve your sportive performance significantly by increasing your core strength and improving your flexibility
Sir Chris Hoy helps draw up ten-strong shortlist after nationwide poll to find the UK's best descent
Pacing is about going fast when necessary as well as keeping it steady
2012 Etape to be run over stages 11 and 16 of the Tour de France
What to do on the bike at the various stages of cornering
Products from Qimmiq, Nuun, Maxifuel and USN to help you ride faster
Hills aren’t just a one-way challenge...
Climbing efficiently is a big weapon in the sportive rider’s armory
Pah, who needs a personalised bike fit? George heads to Trek's Milton Keynes store to find out
Decide how best to use the available time in order to achieve your goal
Former national hill climb champion Matt Clinton shares his tips for taming a hilly sportive
How to create a training plan that suits your lifestyle
Setting up personalized training zones needn’t involve expensive lab testing
Successful training is all about measuring your riding intensity and progressing on it
Training to be a better rider is all about progressions – gradually increasing the training load in order to improve. To do this you need...
Setting goals at the outset of a training plan is an important first step towards completing your target event
Preparing for your first 100mile ride or cyclosportive can be a daunting task until you break it down into its component parts
The first in a new weekly series of coaching articles by British Cycling level 3 coach Huw Williams
