Alvento Magazine – Issue 44

A Coffee Table Mags pick for cycling enthusiasts who treat riding as a lifestyle, not just a sport.

Italian cycling magazine

"You can't be unhappy when you have this: the smell of the sea, the sand under your fingers, the air, the wind."
– Irène Némirovsky, The Wine of Solitude (1935)
You pedal, and everything seems fine.
Same road, same noise, thoughts spinning without going anywhere.
Then it doesn't take much: the asphalt changing, a wrong trajectory, the slightest distraction. And you're on the ground.
Nothing serious. Your hand on the asphalt, a couple of grazes, the bike sideways. The smell of hot tar, rubber, dust. Your breathing out of sync.
Why me?
It comes out later. After it's already happened.
A car passes, someone slows down, asks you if everything's okay. You nod.
You get up.
The chain is on, the wheel turns. You too.
You set off again. You're a little ragged and disheveled, but that's okay.
You just want to go.

Some contents:

• Luz do Sul. Talking about southern Portugal through the Volta ao Algarve.
  The present we didn't see coming. Will Matthew Brennan be the new big name in the Classics?

• Rockets! From YouTube to the World Tour, the incredible rise of the team founded by Bas Tietema.

• The Gospel According to Matthew. We went to Nice, to Matthew Riccitello's home.

• Stelvio Epic Rides. A brevet of nine climbs around the Cima Coppi par excellence: it can be completed in a season, we attempted it in two days.

• Roman's garage. The founder and soul of Canyon literally opened his home and his book of memories to us.

• Quí tè camí té món. He who has a path has the world, in Catalan. And our path was the Gran Tour de Catalunya Gravel.

… and much more!