Friday, January 11, 2008

Multiday sportives/interesting tours.

Doing the Tour of Wessex again this year and also the Tour of Ireland. These are both multi-day sportives and thought it would be interesting to see if there are other multi-day events out there. After all if you take the trouble to go somewhere to ride a sportive why not do it for several days rather than just ride and come back.

So put a post up on Bike Radar and got some interesting replies.

Here is list to date. I have made a guess as to whether event is a sportive or tour (former meaning lots of riders, timed). All look very interesting and already thinking about 2009 and possible change of 2008 plans to do the Oisans event in July.

Sportives

  • UK 3 days Tour of Wessex - tourofwessex
  • UK 2 days Cycle Cairngorns cyclecairngorms
  • Ireland 4 days Tour of Ireland tourofireland
  • Italy 6 days Giro delle Dolomiti girodolomiti
  • Sardinia 7 days Giro Sardinia Giro Sardinia
  • France 4* days Trophee de L'Oisans bike-oisans (* 4 events spread over 7 days including the Marmotte)
  • France 2 days Cleremont-Aurillac ctmontferrand
  • Italy ? days ????? two events start August on this site but no details bicimilano





  • Tours
  • USA 7 days Ride the Rockies ridetherockies
  • USA 7 days Bike tour Colorado bicycletourcolorado
  • France 4 days Raid Pyreneen bikepyrenees
  • Italy Tour of Italy 33(!) days bike-dreams
  • 1 comment:

    Anonymous said...

    Pls can you modify your link to the Giro of Sardinia to be http://www.peteranne.it/index_Page758.htm

    The page you list doesn't exist any more

    thanks Peter