Koppenberg | Fine Bone China Mug | Handmade Cyclist

Koppenberg | Fine Bone China Mug | Handmade CyclistThe Routes: The great roads and rides of cycling. Iconic mountains, stunning scenery, the greatest challenges of the sport. The essence of some of the most iconic theatres in cycling, the roads on which the greats fought and reputations were forged. The Koppenberg, the most feared of all the cobbled climbs of Flanders. Brutally steep, narrow and damp, one of the few roads that force event the best cyclists to get off and walk.

architectural isometric projection of the chapel and it's surroundings

and a matter of honour for the Spanish

thousands of kilometers

Her bare summit dominates the region and all who seek to conquer her

he started Stage 19 with his hopes in tatters

but it is 'cross that has defined her career

The first Briton to win a medal at the home Olympics of 2012

Merckx was out of form and suffering from a broken vertebrae sustained in Paris-Nice

The Col du Croix de Fer - one of the Alps longest

They wash brilliantly and won't fade

A rider prepared to fail in order to succeed

Ventoux is the inhospitable giant of Provence