To Hell and Back

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Guest blogger: By Michael Edwards

Paris Roubaix….two words that have echoed in the very deep of my cycling soul since the first time I saw the images of De Vlaeminck and Merckx fighting their way over the cobbles. Finally, early last year, after seasons of looking on aghast at the racing in this ‘Queen of the Classics’ I decided it was time.

Having done the Marmotte with La Fuga I knew that the Hell of the North needed the sort of guardian angel service that Ian and the team offer. This trip promised to be hard enough as it was. (more…)

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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 –…

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