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Lactate profiling at Alpine Cols coaching camps
Starting in 2022, we are offering lactate profiling at all Alpine Cols coaching camps. The benefit is to determine your training zon...
Training Guidelines for a Cent Cols Challenge
Riding a Cent Cols Challenge is probably the toughest multi-day event you can do on a bike while still sleeping in a bed every night...
Cent Cols Challenge: what does it take?
A few weeks ago (in October 2021) I did the toughest ride I have ever done. The challenge was to ride 1,850 km and climb a hundred col...
Cent Cols Challenge Corsica: the last five stages
At the end of Stage 5 we were in Porticcio, a few kilometres south of Ajaccio on the south-western coast of Corsica. We were half-wa...
Cent Cols Challenge Corsica: the first five stages
I first found out about the Cent Cols Challenge events in January 2020, when I read an article in Vélo Magazine. The challen...
Stuck on a plateau? Here’s what you need to do.
By Silas Cullen and Marvin Faure When you first start cycling, your performance improves rapidly. Almost no matter what you do an...