Club Run Riders Kick Off The New Year
It can sometimes be tricky to get back into a routine after the Christmas break. December can be pretty much written off with endless social engagements combining with some wicked…
Red Bull Minidrome
From one extreme to another. The previous weekend La Fuga had ridden a 200km audax with our friends at Rapha. A week later, La Fuga took to the boards. We're…
Ardennes Classic week
You're looking forward to a great 2011 season, you've been to see many pro road races, and yet you're keen to get the miles in with a view to seeing…
Doing Flanders
by Phil Deeker, founder of Cent Cols Challenge centcolschallenge.com The Flandrians proudly label it “the toughest one-day road race in the world”. For the sportive there are no time-chips –…
Etape Reccy Weekend 2010
The professional approach to road racing these days is to know, understand and visualise the route before the critical moment. For Cavendish, Boonen et al knowing that left hand turn…
Dreich
Three hours in the Surrey hills on a soggy Tuesday morning which could only be described as dreich. Only the Scots (amongst whom I count myself) could come up with…
A Weekend in Roubaix
It began as a slow start. Not just the breakfast either, which wasn’t all that until the coffee kicked in. Garmin led us out of Tourcoing through every which-way, I…
Day of rest
Well, the rain has finally come. After eight days of beautiful weather and warm temperatures El Nino is in full swing as the rain pours down and the wind blows…
Early days
Welcome to our first LaFuga blog of 2010. Having escaped the big freeze am I spending two weeks in sunny California riding the rolling and scenic roads to the North…
The Italian Job – part 4
Cesenatico and Granfondo Nove Colli A long overnight drive from northern Italy to the Adriatic Coast brings us to Cesenatico, the hometown of Marco Pantani and the venue of the…
