‘Pain doesn’t hurt when it’s the result of necessity.’

Milan Kundera – The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984

They call it the hell of the North. It is the terrain of the spring classics, where the greatest champions compete and clash to write their names in legend. It is where physical pain reaches its sublimation to transform itself, as far as possible, into epic satisfaction. This feeling of the North belongs to all of us who ride bikes, no need to race the Tour of Flanders or Roubaix.
Alvento 38 transports you to this dimension, now that the wait for the racing season is over and there is a succession of major events and evening rides after work, taking advantage of the light that makes the days longer and longer.

Some of the content:
– The wait for cycling: the season’s opening weekend in Flanders with the Omloop and the KBK.
– Tim Merlier interviewed by Andy McGrath.
– Eighty Mercx, or the Cannibal’s eighty years.
– A new beginning: a day with Marc Hirschi of Tudor Pro Cycling.
– What mountains are really like – our reconnaissance of the queen stage of the 2025 Giro d’Italia, Biella – Champoluc.
– Tour of Tigray – Ethiopia seeks comfort in cycling after years of bloody civil war.
– Auckland-Wellington in one day, or Lachlan Morton’s latest feat….
and much more!

[alvento is a state of mind]