You're only as good as your next sportive, so make sure you have a careful look at our list of the best of next year's events and start planning your season right now...
Cycling a stage of the Tour de France is a right of passage for most cyclists. CW's Penny Comins joined a throng of 10,000 mile munching masochists determined to conquer the Tournament.
An experienced sportive organiser but relatively new participant to the sport shows Cycling Weekly around the route for Cycletta South women's sportive
We take to the hills (and the flat) with Cycling Weekly's endurance expert and Ironman triathlete, Penny Comins as she talks us through her race tactics and training strategy
High mountain passes, switchback climbs and epic scenery combine to make the Mecca of Gran Fondo riding, writes Penny Comins. The feed stations aren't half bad either.
397 kilometres over four days in warm sunshine makes the Tour of Cyprus a big draw for British riders. CW's Penny Comins was lured by the promise of smooth-rolling, traffic-free roads.
Follow your cycling heroes on a stage of the Tour or Giro by riding an overseas sportive. Here's our list of the best, while our writers give you their own candid reports.
Mama Pantan is behind this Pantani memorial ride. She wanted cyclists to remember her son Marco Pantani by riding the very same roads he trained on- Penny Comins tries them out.
