Cycle
Sportivs
Cycling Weekly reflected the growing popularity of these events
which offer something for everyone, be it a taste of road racing,
In Yorkshire there is a wealth of such events, including the new Tour of the Dales, featured in Cycling Weekly,
Phil and Friends through the Peak District from Sheffield, the Great Yorks Bike Ride from Wetherby to Filey and
the Tour of Britains very own 'Etape de Tour' which takes in Yorkshire's own Alp Duez -- Holme Moss.
Calder riders sampled Sportive's further afield in 2005, with a big group riding the Tour of Flanders route on the eve
of the Spring Classic and later, in the summer, a smaller group rode the Bike Wales event which took in the Black
Mountains and the Brecon Beacons before finishing near Newport in the grounds of the Celtic Manor Hotel which
hosted a Women's World Cup Road Race the previous day.
