Ditto for me, what a great project this is..!

Il Lombardia, with its tour of the lakes of Como and Lecco, is the most romantic one-day race of them all, a great way to end the 2023 season today...

Still on gravel, still in paradise...

So how was your gravel ride today..?

Francis Lafargue will be so well remembered by anyone who had the pleasure to know him, he was one of the original 'PR' managers in cycling, and definitely one of the best...

...New Zealand beaches..?

Just caught this rare view of Mt Cook/Aoraki with its 3,724-metre summit free of cloud - not a bad way to start the day...

This was La Vuelta 2013 - yes, it has been 10 years since Chris Horner won the race. And now it's the turn of Sepp Kuss - what a race it has been..!

There's a 'wall' to climb at El Escorial today, just as in 2007 when Denis Menchov was marching to overall victory...

The foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama await La Vuelta today - Fabio Aru raced over them to 'steal' the race from Tom Dumoulin in 2015...

Always nice to visit Tekapo again with its view across the lake to Mt D'Archiac and the southern Alps...

Bulls and horses for entertainment in La Vuelta today - and a sprint gallop like Daniele Bennati and Ben Swift in nearby Valladolid in 2012...

Another day of Asturian paradise for La Vuelta with canyons, mountains and rivers to enjoy; Alberto Contador led the race over the Puerto de San Lorenzo in 2014...

Four of the best Angliru winners IMHO - Gilberto Simoni in 2000; Roberto Heras in 2002; Alberto Contador in 2008; Kenny Elissonde in 2013...

El Angliru is here..! It all started in 1999 when Roberto Heras duelled with Jose-Maria Jimenez on the un-tried climb - Jimenez won; an equally absorbing duel came in 2013 when Chris Horner out-paced Vincenzo Nibali to re-enforce his race-lead...

It's the Cantabrian coast and Asturian mountains for La Vuelta today with San Vicente de la Barquera and La Hermida the highlights; Torrelevega sits 20kms into the stage - David Millar won a stage there in 2001...

An all-Navarra stage coming today with stunning hill-top villages to enjoy; John Degenkolb won into nearby Viana in 2012 - Vincenzo Nibali led the Vuelta when it passed through the region in 2013...

The fearsome Puerto de Larrau is today's crunch ascent: the Tour de France climbed it in 2007 but it also shattered the hopes of Abraham Olano and Miguel Indurain in 1996...

Laurent Jalabert was race-leader when La Vuelta last climbed Col du Tourmalet in 1995 - Robert Gesink won on the summit of the Col d'Aubisque in the 2016 Vuelta...

It's virtually all downhill to Zaragoza today, so maybe a record Vuelta speed? Like in 2001 when Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano won?; Alessandro Petacchi won into Zaragoza in 2000 after a wind-blown day of 'abanicos' put Angel Casero to the fore...