It all happens at the “Coffee Stop”! The London-Paris Cycle Tour features for many months in both riders and their family’s lives. Many goal focused months are spent preparing for the 600km’s of sweat and tarmac that lie ahead. Hundreds of skinny cappacinos will be consumed - eventually progressing to double expresso's and double doses of L-Carnitine. What’s being discussed on the coffee stops, in the build up to L2P 2008? |
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2008 Trainig Camp The 2008 Winter Training Camp will be in Mallorca Spain from the 2-9th February 2008. Enjoy some long warm miles! 2008 News and Registration The 2008 London-Paris Cycle Tour dates are 26th - 29th June 2008. 2007 riders will have guaranteed entry and Registration will open in November 2007. We will be announcing the NEW route and entry fee details very shortly! |
Rider Spotted
Ben Schroeder, youngest rider spotted in London-Paris kit, recently in Surrey! |
Quote of the week ‘Why decorate the house when you can go cycling.’ Rachel Przybylski, from Team Trainsmart talking about house renovations in the bigger scheme of things. |
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London-Paris Riders escort Pro Peleton out of London on Stage 1 of the Tour de France! 2007 London-Paris Review
Start catching up on what happened! |
Rider Spotted (1)
Jason Turner, driector Sigma Sport and Dan, Head Mechanic at Tour of Britain Prologue, Chrystal Palace,London |
New Cycling Kit Arrives The new London-Paris cycling kit has arrived. Get yourself ready! >>More
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Video Diaries Anthony is part of the cycling.TV commentary duo with former british champion Brian Smith. Ex racer who "bulked up", Anthony is riding his first London-Paris and has kept a Video Diary showing all of us his intensive training, highs, lows and drama's!
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Riders Spotted (2)
Mark Cavendish, after winning the Tour Of Britain Prologue.
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Power Output Have you ever wondered what your power output was for a climb, without having to use expensive equipment? Check out this web calculator which is pretty accurate. >>More |
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Argus Cycle Tour L2P riders who took part in the Argus Cycle Tour in Cape Town did extremly well. About 30,000 rode on the day including about 200 professionals for the Giro del Capo. This fact alone puts Michael Blann's result of 175th into perspective. Michael Blann 2:46:25 175th Sven Thiele 2:53:34 675th Alex Ioannides 2:55:41 875th Warren van Rooyen 2:59:58 1326th
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Johan Museeuw to ride London-Paris 2007! Johan Museeuw will be joining Sean Kelly and 200 riders on London-Paris 2007!
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Ride the Volcano hailed a great success! Ride the Volcano which formed part of the L2P Winter Training Camp generated tremendous interest in Spain. The ride took place on the 11th February, and covered 111km and 2,400 metres of climbing and had rolling road closures provided by the local and national police. More >> Read some of the local press More >> |
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Spring Ride Gallery The first spring ride took place on the 14th April 2007. A very sociable bunch of 60 riders took to the road in 2 groups. The camera man was left behind by the fast group which ended up having quite a leg ripper. View some of the gallery pictures of the more social group.
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Wheels and Deals in Silicon Valley From the New York Times Check this out! Alex Williams of the New York Times writes about how cycling is the new golf with deal makers in Silicon Valley. He calls it "networking in a crash helmet" . Who knows lycra and helmet hair might well become fashionable ;-) |
Our Roots Read about the background and ethos of the London-Paris Cycle Tour.
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L2P Teams Introduced The L2P has introduced Teams and team sponsors, as they do in the TdF. 2007 kicks off with 10 Teams.
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Preventing Cycling Injuries. In the build up to any major event, cyclists by their very nature will overtrain. How can you prepare for maximal training whilst preventing injury. Simon Gilchrist Australian sports physiotherapist gives us some insight. |
Train with a Pro Have you ever wanted to train with somebody really famous - like Sean Kelly, 2nd most wins to Eddie Merkxx. Check out how you can to do it Tenerife with a small group of other riders. |
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A little goes a long way. Can you imgaine what it must be like to be young child in Cambodia with education practically non existent. Last year London-Paris riders raised in excess of £20,000 for Schools Samatha Sdrigotti, from France taught at the SCC and explains the effect that our assistance is having. |
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for Children in Cambodia and Morningstar for Aids orphans in SA.