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2019 Polland UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
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2019 Polland UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

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Close but no cigar in Polland • by Richard Barville — Poznan in Poland is about halfway between Berlin and Warsaw. The terrain is mostly flat. The motorway from Warsaw to Poznan is mostly straight and flat. It’s approx 300 km and about 3hrs by car from the airport to the hotel. I arrived in …

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2017 Albi Gran Fondo World Championships
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2017 Albi Gran Fondo World Championships

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Becoming a World Champion • by Richard Barville — We arrived in France about 10 days before the event, and joined a small crew from Bikestyle Tours to spend a few days in Toulouse, a few days in nearby Castres, then into Albi on the Thursday before race day. The weather was mostly fine and warm. We …

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100 Years of the Giro d'Italia
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100 Years of the Giro d'Italia

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2017 Giro Classico • by Lucy and Andrew Simmons –The 2017 Giro Classico trip with Bikestyle Tours marked the 100th Anniversary of the Giro d’Italia.  My husband Andrew and I joined Bikestyle Tours on ‘our trip of a lifetime’ together.  We chose a cyclists only trip and I was the only female among the 18 …

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