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1st rest day Tour de France 2016 a cyclists winning a stage of the tour de france 2016

1st rest day Tour de France 2016

More drama over the weekend in the World's biggest cycle race

As 15,000 people cycled the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, from Megeve to Morzine in the Etape du Tour on Sunday, the drama of the actual race was unfolding in the Pyrenees.

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Portes du Soleil Tour to Cookie Cafe

Portes du Soleil Tour to Cookie Cafe

A challenge to get around the Portes du Soleil & up to the Cookie Cafe

This year, Cookie Cafe at the top of Mosettes lift in the Portes du Soleil have set up a challenge for you, our readers to try.

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Countdown to Crankworx with Wyn Masters a mountain biker in a baseball cap

Countdown to Crankworx with Wyn Masters

With less than 2 weeks to go the star of Wyn TV tells us what to expect

Since it first began in Whistler in 2004 Crankworx has grown to be one of the biggest events in the mountain bike calendar, with extra dates added in Rotorua, New Zealand and France.

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Etape du Tour 2016 Review l'Etape du Tour 2016

Etape du Tour 2016 Review

11,158 cyclists complete this year’s Etape in Morzine

They came and they conquered… Despite temperatures close to 40 degrees, 11,158 cyclists completed this year’s Etape du Tour which ended in Morzine.

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Urban Roof 'n' Slopestyle Video, Avoriaz 2008

Urban Roof 'n' Slopestyle Video, Avoriaz 2008

The first roof and slopestyle in Avoriaz.

Location
Avoriaz

The Urban Roof n’ Slopestyle is a new concept in freestyle mountain biking. A competition inspired by freestyle snowboarding events that take place in Avoriaz in the winter, it takes dirt and freeride mountain biking and mixes them with parcours to create a new style of street riding.

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Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

Highlights from London freeze and a chat with James Woods

The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.

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Klaxons Open Rock the Pistes in Avoriaz Klaxons Rock the Pistes

Klaxons Open Rock the Pistes in Avoriaz

The First Gig of the 2014 Rock the Pistes in Avoriaz

The Klaxons opened the 2014 Rock the Pistes Festival yesterday afternoon in Avoriaz. The band were the first act in the line up which this year includes Mad Professor and Lee Scratch Perry and Babyshambles.

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10 Ten Events to Look out for This Summer in Avoriaz Morzine Harley Days

10 Ten Events to Look out for This Summer in Avoriaz

Our pick of the best things to see & do this summer

Whether you're here to cycle or just to enjoy some of the incredible scenery and landscapes of the Portes du Soleil, there are events throughout the summer to make your stay in this magical place even more special. From music to sport, bikes to cars, Lady Gaga to Toto, there's something for everyone, and 2015 promises to be pretty amazing!

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The Grande Trophee Cycling Race 2015 two mountain bikers holding hands while riding

The Grande Trophee Cycling Race 2015

Avoriaz is all about 2 wheels this summer

More than 700 cyclists took part in the weekends Grand Trophee Cycling Event and that was just the beginning….

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Froome extends Tour de France 2016 lead cyclists on a corner of the tour de france

Froome extends Tour de France 2016 lead

Surprise stage winner & Froome tightens grip on Tour victory

Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2016 took the riders from Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to Finaut-Emosson on the Swiss-French border, just around the corner from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

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Tour de France enters last week a tour rider in lavender fields of provence

Tour de France enters last week

Yet more drama in the 2016 Tour as week three begins

So far we've seen not only some fantastic racing, stunning scenery and nail-biting sprints from the 2016 Tour de France, but we've witnessed several unusual crashes, the yellow jersey literally running up Mont Ventoux and more than one incident of an over-enthusiastic fan causing disruption.

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Katie Summerhayes Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Katie Summerhayes Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

One Team to Sochi Katie Summerhayes

Katie Summerhayes from Sheffield is back on snow for the first time since her ACL injury. She talks about the freeski scene to come out of Sheffield Ski Village and how Woodsy helped to push her when she started out on the European circuit.

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Mont Blanc Rally Video, Avoriaz 2009

Mont Blanc Rally Video, Avoriaz 2009

The Mont Blanc Rally 2009

Location
Morzine

For petrol heads in the Alps the Mont Blanc Rally is one of the big events of the summer.

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Rhythm Sessions 2015 Review a female snowboarder jumping in the air

Rhythm Sessions 2015 Review

Fun in the sun outside L'Aubergade hotel

Now in it’s third year, The Rhythm Sessions promised to be even bigger and better than last year, and we can safely say they didn’t oversell it one bit.

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