by Raphaël Berger | Sep 27, 2013 | Partners, Training Tips
Cyclists wanting to take on the challenge of riding in the Alps face a conundrum: how to fit in cycling endurance training in winter? The good news is that your winter workouts will no longer be dull turbo training sessions watching catch up TV. Instead you will be...
by Raphaël Berger | Sep 3, 2013 | News, Tour Report
The challenge of completing the Alpenbrevet 2013 attracted riders from Australia, America, Denmark and the UK to the Swiss Alps to take on the toughest one cycling event in Europe on our unique Alpenbrevet Cycling Holiday. Our Tour Report looks back on a great week...
by Raphaël Berger | Jun 7, 2013 | Training Tips
Here are some of the top questions we get asked and the advice that we give in the final weeks before your Alpine Cycling Adventure with Brevet starts: Q: How should I pace myself up the climbs? A: It is key to understand what your lactate threshold is and to try and...
by Raphaël Berger | Jun 6, 2013 | Training Tips
We recently co-hosted a free webinar on training for the Etape, La Marmotte or Maratona dles Dolomites with Dig Deep Coaching. If you didn’t attend our training for Alpine sportives webinar here are five top tips if you are in training for a sportive in the Alps...
by Raphaël Berger | May 31, 2013 | Partners, Training Tips
Your FTP or Functional Threshold Power is an important number to know if you want to improve your cycling fitness, this simple cycling threshold test will help you determine your FTP. What is FTP? There are whole books written about FTP (Training and Racing with a...
