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- Stage 1 San Felice Circeo / Napoli
- Stage 2 Ischia / Forio
- Stage 3 Sorrento / Marina di Ascea
- Stage 4 Policastro Bussentino / Serra San Bruno
- Stage 5 Cosenza / Matera
- Stage 6 Mola di Bari / Margherita di Savoia
- Stage 7 San Salvo / Pescara
- Stage 8 Gabicce Mare / Saltara
- Stage 9 Sansepolcro / Firenze
- Stage 10 Cordenons / Altopiano del Montasio
- Stage 11 Tarvisio (C. del Predil) / Vajont (Erto e Casso)
- Stage 12 Longarone / Treviso
- Stage 13 Busseto / Cherasco
- Stage 14 Cervere / Bardonecchia
- Stage 15 Cesana Torinese / Col du Galibier (Valloire)
- Stage 16 Valloire / Ivrea
- Stage 17 Caravaggio / Vicenza
- Stage 18 Mori / Polsa
- Stage 19 Ponte di Legno / Val Martello/Martelltal
- Stage 20 Silandro/Schlanders / Tre Cime di Lavaredo
- Stage 21 Riese Pio X / Brescia
- 2013 Tour de France
- Stage 1 Porto-Vecchio / Bastia
- Stage 2 Bastia / Ajaccio
- Stage 3 Ajaccio / Calvi
- Stage 4 Nice / Nice
- Stage 5 Cagnes-sur-Mer / Marseille
- Stage 6 Aix-en-Provence / Montpellier
- Stage 7 Montpellier / Albi
- Stage 8 Castres / Ax 3 Domaines
- Stage 9 Saint-Girons / Bagnères-de-Bigorre
- Stage 10 Saint-Gildas-des-Bois / Saint-Malo
- Stage 11 Avranches / Mont-Saint-Michel
- Stage 12 Fougères / Tours
- Stage 13 Tours / Saint-Amand-Montrond
- Stage 14 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule / Lyon
- Stage 15 Givors / Mont Ventoux
- Stage 16 Vaison-la-Romaine / Gap
- Stage 17 Embrun / Chorges
- Stage 18 Gap / Alpe-d'Huez
- Stage 19 Bourg-d'Oisans / Le Grand-Bornand
- Stage 20 Annecy / Annecy - Semnoz
- Stage 21 Versailles / Paris Champs-Élysées
- 2013 Vuelta a España
- Stage 1 Vilanova de Arousa / Sanxenxo
- Stage 2 Pontevedra / Baiona. Alto do Monte da Groba
- Stage 3 Vigo / Mirador de Lobeira/Vilagarcía de Arousa
- Stage 4 Lalín/A Estrada / Fisterra. La Etapa del Fin del Mundo
- Stage 5 Sober / Lago de Sanabria
- Stage 6 Guijuelo / Cáceres
- Stage 7 Almendralejo / Mairena del Aljarafe
- Stage 8 Jerez de la Frontera / Estepona. Alto Peñas Blancas
- Stage 9 Antequera / Valdepeñas de Jaén
- Stage 10 Torredelcampo / Güéjar Sierra. Alto de Hazallanas
- Stage 11 Tarazona / Tarazona
- Stage 12 Maella / Tarragona
- Stage 13 Valls / Castelldefels
- Stage 14 Bagà / Andorra. Collada de la Gallina
- Stage 15 Andorra / Peyragudes
- Stage 16 Graus / Sallent de Gállego. Aramón Formigal
- Stage 17 Calahorra / Burgos
- Stage 18 Burgos / Peña Cabarga
- Stage 19 San Vicente de la Barquera / Oviedo. Alto del Naranco
- Stage 20 Avilés / Alto de L´Angliru
- Stage 21 Segovia / Madrid
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- Category: 2013 Giro d'Italia
- My 2013 Giro kicks off with a 138.5 km ride from San Felice Circeo to Napoli
- A boat trip and a short but hilly time trial on the beautiful island of Ischia
- A testing ride to Marina di Ascea, and I'm not talking about the cycling
- 150 miles in a day with a leg busting climb up the Croce Ferrata to finish
- Life outside the peloton: Detours, closed roads, missed turnings and motorways
- My Garmin Edge has lost its edge and I'm losing my patience with it
- I love it when a tough looking day fails to meet your expectations
- If Carlsberg did Grand Tours then every day would be like this one
- The road to Firenze and some welcome peace and quiet after the Med and the Adriatic
- Some days get forgotten and some days are best forgotten but today was one to remember
- When your first 80 kms are downhill and you pedal all the way then you were probably facing a headwind
- After yesterday's pain and suffering what a difference a day makes
- Busseto to Cherasco: A day of three halves
- One eye closed and the other one on the road
- There's snow stopping me today, I'm heading to the Galibier!
- Mont Cenis bares its teeth while Andrate is the sting in the tail
- How on earth did I end up back here and which way to Venice now?
- It comes to something when you consider a 12 mile ride up a mountain a rest day
- This time road closed means road closed
- On a day like today it's what's in your head that counts, not your legs
- Italy broke my bike but it didn't break me, next up France and Le Tour
- Category: 2013 Tour de France
- The driver may have changed for Corsica but the outcome is much the same - unless it's me?
- Considering today is the Tour's first Sunday the run across the middle of Corsica was surprisingly tough
- Today I have ridden quite possibly one of the best cycling routes in the world
- After 3 tough days in Corsica the Nice time trial was a welcome relief
- Even an early mechanical couldn't put a damper on a ride like today
- If I thought I was getting a recovery ride today then a ferocious headwind soon put paid to that
- I can cope with the cold and wet but three days of head and cross winds is becoming quite dispiriting
- Into the high mountains and a stunning ride up to Col de Pailhères
- A short but tough final day in the Pyrénées featuring no fewer than five passes
- After a day of rest and recuperation a rapid ride to St. Malo
- Mont-Saint-Michel is a sight for sore eyes if only because it means no more cycling west
- A non-stop ride from Fougères to Tours and I expect I'll pay the price tomorrow
- Last chance for a no rush recovery ride before I hit the mountains and I took it
- After two flat featureless days today's rolling ride to Lyon was really enjoyable
- From blazing sun to almighty thunderstorm on the legendary Mont Ventoux
- Vaison-la-Romaine to Gap via the stunning Gorges de la Méouge
- Three words to describe today's TT course - terrific, tough and technical
- Alpe-d’Huez, Alpe-d’Huez, so good I rode it twice
- A touch of deja vu on an epic Alpine stage
- Just when you think things can't get any better along comes a day like today
- An early Monday morning rush hour ride into Paris
- Category: 2013 Vuelta a España
- We're in Spain to ride La Vuelta starting with a short time trial to settle Kay's nerves
- For Bob: Deeply Loved Sadly Missed
- Considering today's convoluted route I think we navigated it pretty well
- It may have been at a snails pace but I made it up the Mirador de Ézaro climb
- I expected Spain to be warm but today's ride to Lago de Sanabria was hotter than hell
- And today we will be taking the N-630 all the way to Cáceres
- Sometimes discretion is the better part of valour and today was one of those occasions
- Cycling Nirvana on the C-3331 from Venta de Galis to Jimena de la Frontera
- Blinded by the bite, well, technically yesterday's bee sting
- First big mountain day with two testing climbs up Monachi and Hazallanas to close out the first week
- A time trial in Tarazona to start the second week of my Vuelta
- Without doubt the most comfortable and enjoyable day's riding in Spain so far
- And stage 13 was going so well...
- Despite some unavoidable detours around tunnels and a bit of improvised rerouting, a great day cycling in Andorra
- Without doubt the longest day I've ever had on a bicycle, and quite possibly the hardest
- Today I rediscovered cycling for the joy of cycling
- From busy highways and autovias to peaceful mountain roads and villages
- A stunning ride from Burgos to Peña Cabarga on a route that surpasses anywhere I've ever cycled before
- The rain in Spain definitely doesn't stay mainly in the plain
- The Tour of Spain gets insane
- The final stage of my final Grand Tour, ever
- Category: News
- Here we go again ... 3 Grand Tours for Teenage Cancer Trust
- Corsica accommodation booked in Porto-Vecchio, Bastia and Ajaccio
- Col du Galibier summit finish confirmed for 2013 Giro d'Italia
- Official promo video for 2013 Giro d'Italia released
- Tre Cime di Laveredo to feature on penultimate day of 2013 Giro
- The Tour Ride Cycle Show Sportive
- RCS Sport officially unveil the 2013 Giro d'Italia route
- 2013 Tour de France route unveiled and it's going to be spectacular
- 2013 Vuelta a España route revealed and there's even more climbing than last year
The 2013 Giro route was unveiled in Milan on 30th September 2012. The total race distance is 3,455 km and it will start in Naples on Sat 4th May and finish in Brescia on Sun 26th May.
The 2013 Tour route was unveiled in Paris on 24th October 2012. The total race distance is 3,404 km and it will start in Porto-Vecchio on Sat 29th June and finish in Paris on Sun 21st July.
The 2013 Vuelta route was unveiled in Vigo on 12th January 2013. The total race distance is 3,359 km and it will start in Vilanova de Arousa on Sat 24th August and finish in Madrid on Sun 15th September.