Sportive

The 2019 Etape du Tour is already sold out but you can still ride it with Alpecin and Cycling Plus!
Register your interest for Team Alpecin and you'll be in with a chance of enjoying an incredible pro experience at the sold out Etape du Tour in 2019. Find out how the class of 2018 got on below…

Join Team Alpecin and Cycling Plus for the 2019 Etape du Tour!
We're teaming up with Alpecin again to give more lucky readers the chance to get the pro treatment as they train for the 2019 L'Etape du Tour!

Meet the riders taking on the British Heart Foundation’s Manchester to Blackpool Night Ride: Chay Fiddes
Chay Fiddes from Nottingham is raising money for the BHF following a heart scare last year.

Meet the riders taking on the British Heart Foundation's Manchester to Blackpool Night Ride: Martin Endacott
We've teamed up with the British Heart Foundation to introduce you to some of the riders taking on the charity's 52-mile night ride in October. The first is Martin – whose bout of indigestion turned out to be a heart attack!

Enter the ballot for the 2019 Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 now.

Here's What Team Alpecin Learned On Their Italian Training Camp
The three Cycling Plus readers chosen to ride for Team Alpecin at L'Etape du Tour got their first taste of riding like a pro on a brilliant, but tough, training camp in Italy…

Watch Team Alpecin at the Tour de Yorkshire Sportive
Les Pegler, Murray Cox and Laura Cook (as well as CP editor Rob) put on their Katusha Team Alpecin kit and headed to the Tour de Yorkshire Sportive in early May.

Team Alpecin is a truly international affair – meet the rest of the Etape du Tour Squad
A team of Germans, Italians, and Brits are training for this year's L'Etape du Tour.

Meet The Three Cycling Plus Readers Who Won A Place On Team Alpecin
Late last year we invited Cycling Plus readers to enter a competition giving them the chance to train like a pro cyclist in preparation for the 2018 L’Étape du Tour. Well over 1500 threw their hat into the ring to be part of Team Alpecin, but only three were lucky enough to be selected.
Fred Whitton Challenge to honour people behind classic sportive with Golden Jerseys
To celebrate it's 19th running, organisers of the 112-mile Lakeland epic are calling for the public to nominate 10 people who've shown the event incredible support.
Entries open for L'Etape London sportives – closed road sprint sections included
Tour de France-backed sportive returns to Lee Valley VeloPark this September
Vélo South 100-mile closed road sportive coming to southern England in September
Entries open for Vélo South in West Sussex on March 1, 25,000 riders already registered interest.
Wanted! Two UK riders to get the pro cycling treatment with Team Alpecin at the 2018 Etape du Tour
Want to ride like a pro in 2018? Team Alpecin and Cycling Plus needs two riders from the UK to join us for L’Etape du Tour!
Six reasons every cyclist should enter the Eroica Britannia vintage bike ride
Beautiful vintage bikes, a family-friendly festival and rides in the incredible scenery of the Peak District make the Eroica Britannia a must-ride event.
Cyclocross sportives to be sponsored by Kinesis UK – CX Sportive's Gravelcross series backed by UK bike brand
UK-based off-road sportive series gets backing from Kinesis UK – makers of acclaimed cyclocross and gravel bikes
Why you really need to take your road bike to Norway!
Adrian Miles discovers that as well as delivering Christmas trees, Norway delivers brilliant riding at the latest Haute Route
Riding a sportive this summer? Here are six top tips to help you nail any event
Pack your bag, eat your breakfast, have a pint… Everything you need to know before your next big ride