Category Archives: Ultracycling
Vlaanderens Mooiste — Tour of Flanders 2023
A personal ride · 1 April 2023 · Words by Miguel Santos Five minutes after leaving the hotel in Bruges, I was soaked. I had brought winter cycling kit, and the rain went straight through it. Ahead of me lay 242 kilometres, a succession of cobbled climbs and a finish in Oudenaarde that I had […]
Headwinds and Open Roads: The Journey Home from Paris to Setúbal
In June 2020, I replaced my weekly flight home with a cycling journey from Courbevoie to Setúbal. Empty roads, headwinds, mechanical trouble and closed doors turned a seven-day plan into a lesson in endurance and adaptation.