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We caught up with our Community Ambassador and professional boxer, Stacey Copeland to find out about her road to recovery after her recent injury. Stacey is a very inspirational athlete who has worked extremely hard to encourage people to become more active and she is a fantastic role model for women in sport and for future generations. Since I’ve recently had surgery on my hand, I decided to write this blog about the things I’ve found useful when dealing with the misery of injuries! Injuries are talked about a great deal, and whether it’s as serious as a broken bone which needs surgery or if it’s a nuisance niggle, injuries concern everybody from elite athletes to people who do little exercise. In addition, there are plenty of ways to get help with an injury, many shops sell products to alleviate pain or assist with recovery, and then there are specialists such as physios, chiropractors, sports therapists ….the list goes on! There are even a gazillion videos on youtube with demonst...

We caught up with our Community Ambassador, Rhianna Parkinson to find out about what the races she is planning to target for 2019. Rhianna is a very inspirational athlete who has gone from sitting on the couch, doing little exercise to competing at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in less than three years.   “Wow I can’t believe it’s been 3 months since I completed the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in South Africa!” So what have I been up to… I absolutely love competing and training for races so I just couldn’t wait to start planning my 2019 season as soon as possible. South Africa really did inspire me to travel more with races and it was actually a lot easier and stress-free than I thought it would be. I thought about my goal for next year which is to qualify and compete in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships 2019 in Nice, France and realised I wanted to qualify early to give me lots of time to prepare. I wanted a course that suited my strengths and I also wanted...

The 2019 Giro d’Italia route has been announced! On Wednesday 31 October R.C.S, the event organisers of the Giro d’Italia hosted an opening ceremony in Bologna to confirm the route of the 102nd Giro d’Italia route for 2019. We have now launched our 2019 Giro d’Italia guided tours line up. We offer a variety of tours with different durations so you can witness the fantastic atmosphere that the race provides. We are the only international tour operator who has official partnerships with all 3 Cycling Grand Tours and the 5 Monuments of Cycling. We provide an unrivalled offering of travel options to provide sports fans as well as the travelling amateur cyclists access to a whole host of amazing events throughout the year. The 3 Grand Tours  – 3 week multi-day tours;  Giro d’Italia ,  Tour de France ,  Vuelta a Espana The 5 Monuments of Cycling  –  Milan San Remo ,   Tour of Flanders ,  Paris – Roubaix ,  Liege Bastogne Liege ,  and fina...

Today we are delighted to announce that London based professional boxer Cherelle Brown has been announced as our newest community ambassador. Cherelle joins professional boxer Stacey Copeland and triathlete Rhianna Parkinson as a community ambassador for Sports Tours International and she will be supporting a number of UK events and posting regular blogs to share her experiences and training tips with our customers. Cherelle, who is a qualified personal trainer and currently studying Osteopathy at British College of Osteopathic Medicine University said: ‘’Boxing has given me drive and determination to reach my fullest potential. Sport has changed me – it’s deterred me from bad influence and trouble and set me on the right path to achieving my goals.’’ Here at Sports Tours International we take thousands of participants to some of the world’s biggest sporting events including the TCS New York Marathon, Boston Marathon and the Tour de France. We also are very proud to engage local...

The UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) might be Chamonix’s most famous series of trail running races, but there is another and they started life way back in 1979*. Marathon du Mont Blanc races are not only easier to get into but also easier to complete! (Although they are still a very tough set of races.) *The actual Marathon du Mont Blanc was first held in 2003 although the event, albeit with a shorter 23km race, has been run since 1979. Visit Chamonix to race or support someone who is racing, during the end of June (Mont Blanc Marathon) or at the end of August (UTMB), and you’ll quickly feel part of the world’s trail running family. Once you’ve experienced one of these events, the thought of missing out the following year can be too much to bear. I’ve quite a long history with the Chamonix valley and not one bit of it has anything to do with skiing. When I first discovered the great outdoors in the early 00’s I walked the Tour du Mont Blanc in the summer of 2003 and then returned ha...

The route of the 2019 Tour de France was unveiled in Paris on October 25th. The 106th edition of the Tour de France will start on Saturday 6th July from Brussels. The 2019 route  has a tough mountain programme in store, with 3 finishes above 2,000 metres in altitude, at the Col du Tourmalet, Tignes and Val Thorens, which is unprecedented in the history of ‘La Grande Boucle’. This Tour de France will also feature the 100th anniversary of the iconic Yellow Jersey. Brussels will be hosting the 2019 Grand Départ as Eddy Merckx, the man with the most stage wins on the race, will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first victory. Join us for a fabulous long weekend of top class cycling in the capital of Belgium for the 2019 Grand Depart of the Tour de France. We are pleased to be able to offer tours to the entire 2019 Tour de France allowing our customers to follow the whole event with us from start to finish and be there for every single stage. The route and our tours A...

78th Lotto Six-day Flanders-Ghent features a brilliant line-up of elite cyclists, great entertainment and a special guest The field of riders of the 78th Lotto Six Days Flanders-Ghent was announced this week. The top in international elite track men and women cyclists will once again rip up the famous Kuipke velodrome. The riders will be cheered on by a selection of top artists and on Tuesday a special guest will provide the starting gun to kick off the week. Kenny De Ketele will attempt to defend his title together with Robbe Ghys. The European champions will go head to head with world champions Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt. Iljo Keisse joins up with team mate Elia Viviani who is the reigning Olympic Omnium champion. Moreno De Pauw, will together with youngster Lindsay De Vylder make a bid for victory. Yoeri Havik and Wim Stroetinga are a strong Dutch couple. The other duos are: Jonas Rickaert / Stijn Steels, Marc Hester / Gerben Thyssen, Nick Stöpler / Fabio Van Den Bossche, Ott...