Today started with me feeling a little ill. I decided to ride anyway and hoped I’d feel better once I got going. The plan today was to head to Urbino. Bruce joined Chris and I, and our guide was Gianmaria once again. There were a few decent climbs on the way out and I attacked...

After conquering Cippo yesterday, a recovery ride was on the cards. Quite when 54 miles with over 4000ft of climbing became a recovery day I don’t know!! I also dug deep on all of the climbs too which was probably a mistake. I usually feel sore 2 days after a hard session so I will...

The itinerary today was a ride out to and up the climb known as Cippo. This is a climb up the Carpegna mountain which has legendary status thanks to the climber Marco Pantani. He famously commented “Il Carpegna mi Basta!” – The Carpegna is enough! when asked why he didn’t do reconnaissance training trips to...

Don’t worry I won’t bore you with a minute by minute run down of every day like I did yesterday. I’ll just post the basics where I can. Breakfast was the same as yesterday but with better coffee. A Bigger Ride The ride they had planned for us today was longer, faster and a lot...