It’s summer 2025, a spectacular Tour de France is on TV next to my desk, perfect images and magnificent routes awaken my memories and direct my thoughts to the question: Again?
Read moreA G A I N – a Le Loop 2026
Sicily – The Island of the Gods
The year 2023 was relatively quiet in terms of cycling for me, yet it concluded with a fantastic tour that yielded at least one report and memorable impressions for my followers. Early in 2023, my cycling companions and I deliberated over potential tour locations. My suggestion of Sicily won out, leading us to arrange a gathering in Catania come October—a choice that, looking back, was excellent.
Read moreTransportugal Stage 4 | LOUSÃ – ALTER DO CHÃO
Another impressive day unfortunately with a different outcome as expected.
Read moreTransportugal Stage 3 | MANTEIGAS – LOUSÃ
Yesterday I wrote something about a walk in the park? How can I be this naive. This stage was awesome, very hard, but with the most spectacular views and descents I’ve ever experienced.
Read moreTransportugal Stage 2 | PESO DA RÉGUA – MANTEIGAS
This day that can be described as “chain left”. That means you don’t even shift to the big blade anymore, because it’s going up again right away anyway.
Read moreTransportugal Stage 1 | BRAGA – PESO DA RÉGUA
As Chris said, let’s rock & roll we started the ride from Braga into the Alvão National Park and on to today’s destination, the wounderful Douro Valley.
Read moreTransportugal Stage 0 | BRAGA
Let’s go to Portugal, arriving and transferring from Porto to Braga, the northern largest city in Portugal for a come together and get to know each other before we cope the first stage of the tour.
Read moreLake Constance Bike Marathon 2022
This Saturday, September 10, 2022 was the last part in my series of one-day events. The round trip around the lake constance is kind of a home run for me. Nevertheless, I got to know a few new sections of the route and for the sake of completeness here’s a brief report.
Read moreArber Cycling Marathon 2022
Using the usual summer visit to my Mom and my former hometown, to participate in a traditional event, a tour through the Bavarian Forrest to the highest mountain in Eastern Bavaria and back to Regensburg. Which even fits my cycling program of riding one-day events this year.
Read moreTransportugal Roads Tour 2022
After all the one day events, interim reports, COV19 cancellations, finally an event that deserves the name of this page, a tour. A tour through Portugal, the Transportugal Roads Tour. From the very north through the country to the most southwestern corner to the “last german sausages before America”. And of course there will be again a daily tour report with photos, interviews, and stories.
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