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“Jingle All The Way”…around MediaCityUK Over 550 Santa’s, Elves and Reindeers took part in the Jingle Bell Jog on a bright and crisp Sunday morning at MediaCityUK Salford. Supporting the Dreams Come True Charity, the Jingle Bell Jog welcomed participants from far and wide with families, friends, work colleagues and even dogs coming dressed in festive costumes to walk, jog or run the short distance around the Quays. The route took in a number of famous landmarks with the start and finish of the race positioned directly outside the BBC buildings, providing a superb backdrop for some memorable photographs. Those who took part were well supported by their nearest and dearest and other activities within the Piazza keep all entertained throughout the event with classic Christmas songs, a number of players from Manchester Giants Basketball on hand to meet and greet the runners with that all important finishers medals and selection box. The icing on top of the Christmas cake was two of San

At 1pm Friday 1st December, the 2018 UKFast We Love Manchester 10k entry system officially opened! The race is one of the biggest and best 10k’s in the North West and due to the demand for race entries, Sports Tours International have been able to open up the online system early. With over 3,500 entrants for the 2017 edition, we expect even more in September 2018 and runners are encouraged to book now at the EARLY BIRD PRICE of just £16 and £14 for affiliated club runners. Enter Now! The post Entries open for 2018 UKFast We Love Manchester 10k appeared first on Sports Tours . from Sports Tours http://ift.tt/2i9fv8m via IFTTT

The 2018 Giro d’Italia route has been confirmed! Yesterday the event organisers of the Giro d’Italia hosted an opening ceremony in Milan to confirm the 101 st Giro d’Italia route for 2018. Our team are now very busy tailoring our trips to Italy so you can witness the fantastic atmosphere that the race provides. We are the only international tour operator who has official partnerships with the three Cycling Grand Tours and the five Monuments of Cycling. We provide an unrivaled offering of travel options to provide sports fans as well as the travelling amateur cyclist access to a whole host of amazing events throughout the year. We have been operating tours to major cycling events around the world for over 20 years and our team of drivers, bike mechanics, bike guides and tour hosts have unrivaled knowledge and expertise of this incredible event. Our partnership with the Giro d’Italia allows us to include exclusive VIP access into all our tours for cyclists and spectators to ensure our

At 10am Friday November 24th, the 2018 UKFast City of Salford 10k entry system officially opened! The race is one of the biggest and best 10k’s in the North West and due to the demand for race entries, Sports Tours International have been able to open up the online system early. With over 3,500 entrants for the 2017 edition, we expect even more in September 2018 and runners are encouraged to book now at the EARLY BIRD PRICE of just £16 and £14 for affiliated club runners. Enter Now! The post Entries open for 2018 UKFAST City of Salford 10k appeared first on Sports Tours . from Sports Tours http://ift.tt/2jVkPQS via IFTTT

It’s been a fantastic few days for our team at Sports Tours International. This is because we have beaten off competition from Thomas Cook Sport and Neilson Ski to scoop the award for the Best Sports Travel and Tourism Site in the TravelMole UK Awards 2017. Travelmole Web Awards 2017. Photo by Steve Dunlop steve@stevedunlop.com   The awards were rated on user experience from readers of the TravelMole website which is a travel industry community website that engages with people in the travel industry across the UK. The votes were based on four factors, content, layout, ease of navigation and innovation of the website. Chris Bird, Chief Executive here at Sports Tours International, emphasised that: “This is a great achievement, and a testament to our brand and everyone who has worked hard on our current website over the past two years. Our new website has been very successful commercially, and we’ve seen an increased level of customer engagement.” Since the launch of our new websi

Here at Sports Tours International we offer a wide selection of European amateur cycling events. Here is our list of the best put together by Alex de Waard, keen cyclist and our Head of International Operations. Our aim is to provide the best support in the business so you can focus on enjoying the event without having to worry about the (sometimes complicated) logistics that come with getting to and from the event and its start and finish. On our events single travellers can join our group and we provide a race briefing, additional food and assistance points along the course and various other additional race services. To give you an overview of what’s available and what each event has on offer in terms of distance, difficulty, entry availability and access we have put together the below list for you. Cyclo-Sportives and Gran Fondo The name Gran Fondo is often used in the US for cycling events. In Europe the name Cyclo-Sportive tends to be used more in France while Gran Fondo is use

Living “up North” in England I’ve ridden cobbles plenty of times, before I ever decided to attempt the Paris Roubaix. Most of my experience has been on cobbled climbs in or around Halifax. Trooper Lane in Halifax. More  Koppenberg, than Arenberg. Shibden Wall, Trooper Lane and Gibb lane are really more suited to practice for Flanders, rather than Paris-Roubaix. Climbing on slippy cobbles is definitely easier than riding slippy flat cobbles at time-trial speeds. So it was fair to say, that I was quite nervous the first time I hit the Paris – Roubaix Cobbles in 2016.I arrived in Roubaix a couple of days before the event, so rather then just spinning the legs I decided to take “the unknown” out of the event, by riding the cobbles beforehand. I planned a route on the normal roads straight to the Troupe d’ Arenberg so I could kick off with a five star sector. My rationale being, that if I could survive one of the hardest sectors, then I’d hopefully be able to survive the others. So h