Tour 2019 - The Best Of Europe
Welcome to the RiDE Tour 2019.
You’ll find routes to ride to some of Europe’s most stunning locations, plus umpteen great roads that are so good, just a single ride could make your biking year.
We’d like to pretend it was hell to put together, but it wasn’t. Thanks to former editor Si Weir’s “painstaking research trips” (everyone else calls them holidays) we’ve amassed thousands of miles finding the best roads.
If you’re planning a big trip this year, there’s loads here to whet your appetite. My tip: a lap of the North Coast 500 in Scotland.
Matt Wildee, Editor
Break From The Borders
The Dunoon Alternative - Download the GPX
The Great Eastern - Download the GPX
Borders Heartland - Download the GPX
Marge Simpson in the Cairngorms - Download the GPX
The Buccleuch Eight - Download the GPX
The Real Italian Job
Day one - Calais to Dole 400 miles 7.5 hours Download the GPX
Day two - Dole to Tignes 215 miles 6 hours Download the GPX
Day three - Tignes to Chivasso 205 miles 6 hours Download the GPX
Day four - Chivasso to Martigny (via Cole del Nivolet) 200 miles 6.5 hours Download the GPX
Day five - Martigny to Chaumont 285 miles 7.5 hours Download the GPX
Day six - Chaumont to Calais 300 miles 7.5 hours Download the GPX
10 Top Roads In The Picos De Europa
1 - N-621 - Unquera to Leon 118 miles Download the GPX
2 - AS-14 - AS-15 to Grandas de Salime 35 miles Download the GPX
3 - CA-261 - Solares to Ramales de la Victoria 25 miles Download the GPX
4 - BI-3231 - BI-635 to Gerrikaitz 8 miles Download the GPX
5 - N-623 - Santander to Burgos 101 miles Download the GPX
6 - LU-530 - A Fonsagrada to Lugo 37 miles Download the GPX
7 - LE-481 - CL-626 to Teverga 22 miles Download the GPX
8 - AS-260 - Colungo to Arriondas 15 miles Download the GPX
9 - CA-281 - Puentenansa to Cervera de Pisuerga 40 miles Download the GPX
10 - BU-556 - Berberana to Orduna 9 miles Download the GPX
Heaven On Earth
Day one - Download the GPX
Day two - Download the GPX
Day three - Download the GPX
Day four - Download the GPX
Day five - Download the GPX
5 Reasons To Ride The Col De La Machine
Day one - Download the GPX
Day two - Download the GPX
Day three - Download the GPX
Day four - Download the GPX
Day five - Download the GPX
RiDE Guide to Spain and Portugal
This page contains all the electronic material to support the RiDE Guide to Spain and Portugal, published with the September 2018 issue of RiDE
Read MoreTour 2018
This year’s Tour supplement looks at rides with a woodland theme – from our own British forests to those on the Continents
Read MoreRiDE Guide to Great Britain 2017
RiDE Guide to Great Britain downloadable GPX files
Read MoreTour 2017
This page contains all the downloadable and electronic information about routes in the Tour 2017 supplement that comes free with the March issue of RiDE magazine.
Read MoreThe RiDE Guide to Europe - second edition
This page contains all the downloadable and electronic information about routes in the second edition of the RiDE Guide to Europe.
Read MoreThe RiDE Guide to The Alps (and other mountains)
Download the GPX files that accompany The RiDE Guide to the Alps featuring great rides in The Alps, Dolomites, Pyrenees, Picos and more.
Read MoreTour 2016
Download the GPX routes that accompany the RiDE Tour 2016 supplement, Portugal special feeaturing rides in Covilha, Serta, Elvas, Chaves, Vila Real, Mertola, Luz and a full tour of Portugal.
Read MoreTour 2015
The RiDE Tour 2015 Island special features coastal routes around Britain, Corsica, Skye, Grand Canaria and Mallorca plus a high-altitude ride through Germany, Austria and Italy plus a run down of the best roads in the world.
Read MoreTour 2014
GPX downloadable routes from Tour 2014 including Britain's beautiful byways, five high passes in Switzerland, Europe on a shoestring.
Read MoreTour 2013
Download the GPX routes that accompany the RiDE Tour 2013 supplement featuring routes in Spain, France, Italy, Ireland and Route 66.
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