Not more training. Different training — and three benchmark rides that answer the question better than any number of weekly hours.
Read the post →Seven stages, not five. The Western Cape does not ask for your best climb — it asks for the same solid day, six times running.
Read the post →Five stages, four countries and up to 9,200 metres of climbing. The training that matters is not the long ride — it is the day after it.
Read the post →Most of our riders are between 45 and 65. Here is what a week of gravel actually asks of you — and the three things worth changing before you go.
Read the post →How to build the endurance for mountain passes, long valley crossings, and the unexpected — so you're strong on day eight, not just day one.
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