This week we’ve got a BUMPER Pick n Mix collection to help work off those hot cross buns and Easter choccies.
In fact, it’s so big we’ve split in across two ride releases. Up first, we explore Belgium, France, Spain, and Italy. We also added our first-ever Zimbabwean ride.
Stay tuned for Friday’s release which will feature some brand new routes from the land of the free, and home of the brave…
You can find these rides under NEW in FulGaz.
Because of its position overlooking Ypres and the West Flanders plain, Kemmelberg was the site of ferocious battles in World War 1 in which many thousands lost their lives. In recent times the climb has become the decisive point of the Gent-Wevelgem spring classic bike race. Our ride starts in the village of Kemmel and gradually climbs towards the 25% cobbled section to the summit of the berg. We then descend and pass on the left the French war memorial and the Ossuary which contains the remains of 5,000 unknown soldiers. Then there is a fast, mainly flat, ride to the city of Ypres the centre of which we enter via the Lille Gate which pierces 17th century city ramparts. At the end of the cobbled Lille Street we enter the Market Place, pass the magnificent Cloth Hall and ride through the Menin Gate on which is inscribed the names of 55,000 missing WWI British and Commonwealth soldiers. We ride back under the Menin Gate and finish in the Market Place where there is a meeting of the Lotus car owners club.
More InfoGet your inner James Joyce flowing, as we take a voyage from Trieste, Italy! About half urban and half rural riding, it both begins and ends on bustling urban streets. A challenging category 3 climb early on gets your heart pumping in this border region. Many charming villages to see along the way, then back to the hustle and bustle of Trieste.
More InfoRiez is located at the crossroads of the historic roads that connect the Alps and the Durance Valley to the Haut Var and Aix-en-Provence. The village is located at the foot of Saint-Maxime mountain about 640 metres above sea level. This village’s historical importance was recognized in 1921. During Roman times, a temple to the god Apollo was built. Today its Corinthian columns still stand. This route has two Category 4 climbs in the second half of the ride. Come for the history, stay for the climbs.
More InfoThe tour starts in the port city of San Sebastián on the island of La Gomera. La Gomera is one of the Spanish Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. With an area of 370.03 km², it is the third smallest of the eight main islands of the archipelago. It belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. La Gomera is the third least populated of the eight main Canary Islands with 22,426 inhabitants. We will cover 15.6 km on this climb. The average gradient is 6.2% at an elevation of 938m. We will be able to admire the beauty of this island all the way to the top, and there is no shortage of beautiful views stretching all the way to Tenerife.
More InfoWe start the tour in the small town of Valle de San Lorenzo, where we begin to climb gently to the town of El Roque. After six kilometres we turn towards La Escalona, where a seven kilometre climb awaits us, which has a 6.9% gradient. During the entire tour, which is 12.7 km long, we climb 645m.
More InfoFulGaz's first ever ride from Zimbabwe, the team at World Bicycle Relief had one of their programme participants, Levison, a conservation worker in rural Hwange, capture this one. Filmed from a Buffalo Bicycle, specially designed for World Bicycle Relief’s programmes and rough, rural terrain, this is a unique ride that's perfect for a warm-up or cool-down. Red dirt and classic sub-Saharan desert await.
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