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24/11/2017

The Much Awaited 10th Edition of Tour Of Nilgiris 2017 Posters are here. To download a soft copy, just click on the link https://goo.gl/iJGYDk. Send us a message if you want to get an hard copy.

If you are present in at any of the workshops tomorrow, please feel free to ask us a hard copy.

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The Much Awaited 10th Edition of Tour Of Nilgiris 2017 Posters are here. To download a soft copy, just click on the link https://goo.gl/iJGYDk. Send us a message if you want to get an hard copy.

If you are present in at any of the workshops tomorrow, please feel free to ask us a hard copy.
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21/04/2017

Here comes the Day 2 preview for Tour of Nilgiris

Tour of Nilgiris 2017 Route Preview
Day - 2 - To the Coffee County
It's the second day. The Legs would have warmed up on day 1. It is time to go to the mountains.
Leaving behind the city of palaces we take the road to Madikeri - The Land of coffee☕and the land of Warriors ⚔️ .
The first hundred kilometres have beautiful wide roads passing through small towns flanked by undulating fields of ragi, to***co and sunflowers🌻. And you would love the smooth tarmac on this day.
A roadside watermelon shop 🍉 or a cucumber vendor or a villager selling native Coorg oranges🍊... you are spoilt for the choice of fruit on this day.
After passing Hunsur, Periyapatna and Kushalnagara we start our climb to Madikeri at Suntikoppa. This will also be the optional time trial for the day. As the mountains open up⛰️, breathe in a lung full of the cool mountain air.. there will be a lot more of this on the tour. At madikeri we turn north east and start descending on the Somwarpet road.. Welcome to the Coffee county. Take the winding road passing through endless plantations growing coffee, pepper, cardamom and some vanilla and cocoa too. We will catch a glimpse of Harangi’s backwaters on this route. Crossing numerous small bridges and culverts we will reach back Shuntikoppa and ride down to Purple Palms Resort & Spa just outside Kushalnagar.
Psst.. No trip to Coorg is complete without the famous Pandi curry (Kodava style Pork preparation) We are sure there will be plenty of local experts who know a place to get the best Pandi curry.. Time to make friends with your fellow riders and volunteers ;)
For the number crunchers : We would cover 156km, climbing around 2015m. The Suntikoppa-Madikeri climb is a Cat 3 climb of 9.5km with an average gradient of 2.8%. We would also scale 2 Cat 4 and 5 Cat 5 climbs on this day.

And well again, we could write pages about the route but it is best experienced riding with us. Registrations for India's awesomest cycling tour begins on 1st of May 2017.. Come with us and explore South India on a bicycle 🚴

20/04/2017

We are super excited to bring you the 10th edition of Tour of Nilgiris. THe route preview for day 1 is out. Go check out

Tour of Nilgiris 2017 Route Preview
Day 1 - The Breakaway
Dec 10 - It's a Sunday! and that means you need not fight for road space with the daily commuter to get out of Bengaluru
Start your day with a scrumptious breakfast at the tour hotel, some pleasantries on the stage, lot of pictures with family and friends.. and then off we go.. we make a brisk exit from Bengaluru city while it is busy catching a nap and pedal onto NICE expressway (they open it to cyclists only for TFN 😀 ). Don't worry about the climbs today, we shall have them later 😈
We will cover 167 km of rolling terrain losing some 500m of altitude over the first 100 km. Ride through quiet roads flanked by endless paddy and ragi fields fed by the canals from river Kaveri.
Stop by at the towns to sip in some hot tea ☕or a comforting tender coconut. Keep an eye for those push carts serving steaming hot idli and flavoured rice in the mornings. As the sun catches up ☀, get ready for the optional Time trial section near Halguru - it's you vs the clock ⏱️.
Well, you will be hungry by now from all that hard work.. stop at a support station to grab some sukeli (dried bananas) or top up your hydration and then pedal up till Malavalli for some hot lunch prepared by the tour kitchen. Get some rest, stretch some muscles and ride on.. (...yeah yeah we know we missed something. Tip for the hard core meat eater : save some room for some amazing mutton fry, mutton chops🍗 from Bannuru - we heard some of those bad boys at bollywood get their mutton fix from here!). By now you would notice the fields getting greener as we ride towards the banks of Kaveri, and before you know you would be entering Mysuru. Follow the ring road and ride through historical Bannimatapa to reach our tour hotel at Rio Meridian, Mysuru. Ah! we could write pages about the route but it is best experienced riding with us. Registrations for India's awesomest cycling tour begins on 1st of May 2017.. Come with us and explore South India on a bicycle 🚴.

28/04/2015

Ashwin says...
"The Tour is back !! RESPECT !!! Its more than just cycling, its passion, commitment and a showcase for the will to fight back adversity, the will to keep testing your limits and finally to experience the pure joy of having lived your dream !"
We thought we shall give that thriller year on year and now its 8th year. Man, We just love doing it again and again. Another two years for a Decade of TFN
Here it is, the video from 7th Edition of Tour Of Nilgiris 2014.
https://youtu.be/L3VQyK9LM9o
Have fun and Don’t forget to register on May 1st 2015 9AM for the 8th Edition of TFN
Thanks QlikStream for this awesome video. And thanks for the all the sponsors and partners of Montra TFN2014 - Montra, Ride A Cycle Foundation, Break Away Sports, Widget Factory, Sita Bhateja Speciality Hospital, Spectrum Physio, TVS, SOLVERMINDS, Linger, Karcher India, R.A.Y Photography, Aarohi, Nature Valley India, ProPR, Leela Palace, Bangalore, Heinrich Cycling & Running Apparel, India, Outlook Traveller, The Hungry Tramps and Smart Progression for making the 2014 event Successful.

07/03/2014

Ride, Walk with your Tour of Nilgiris Jersey/Tshirts to show your support for the Women. We at Break Away Sports are happy to get this message out.

04/03/2014

It begins here! ;)