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Can winter sports improve my cycling fitness?

very winter many cyclists will temporarily swap their bikes for a pair of skis on a snowy holiday in the mountains of Europe. Around 1.5 million Brits go skiing every year and with the famous cycling cols of France, Spain and Italy blanketed

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