2012 Planning

Crowds at the top of Lookout Mountain near Golden, CO during the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge

As the 2011 road-cycling season wraps up, the pro cyclists are already making travel plans for preseason training camps and team presentations. Fans and less serious riders are also making plans, but for things like fun rides or [...]

A Civilized Tour: Alps & Lake Annecy

You might call our newest 2010 program a “civilized” approach to following the world’s craziest bike race. Of course I like our Pyrénees program (sold out!), but the Alps & Lake Annecy trip is a more refined balance of the key things in life: riding, race viewing, eating, sleeping, and yes, vacationing.

We’ll be [...]

The Tour in Technicolor

Though there are plenty of other obstacles on the yellow brick road to Paris, the 2010 course justly brings focus to the 100th anniversary of the race’s first passage in the high mountains. For me, it’s another great opportunity to motivate cyclists to get out of their home routine and onto some of the best [...]