Keith Tuffley, the founder of Grand Tours Project, shares the incredible journey that sparked the creation of a unique cycling adventure. Starting in 2013 with a bold ambition to ride two stages of the Tour de France, Keith’s adventure quickly escalated into a quest to complete every kilometre of the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España, all in the same year. This story is not just about personal achievement but also about inspiring a community of cyclists to explore their limits and share in the thrill of riding the grand tours. Learn why Grand Tours Project was founded to offer cyclists everywhere the opportunity to experience the magic of riding on the same routes as the pros on race day. Join us as Keith recounts the beginnings of this extraordinary project and the passion for cycling that drives it.
I’ve been on a number of Adventures I think the biggest one was the grand Tours project Adventure back in 2013 started with two stages of the tour to France and I thought if I can do two stages I can do 21 so the the next year
I headed up to Rotterdam where the where the first stage was from I was very determined to do every single kilometer on the same day as the race so you know I’d get up at 5: in the morning morning 4: in the morning and and do it solo
Every single day on the same day I set off thinking well there should be more cyclists that will be there and the whole day I didn’t see one other amator cyclist and yet despite that the crowds were cheering me on it was dead flat and then I realized my gosh so people aren’t
Actually doing this I I thought they were so then I completed all the tour and that then led to the next year which was the zuro and then finally 2013 was trying to do all three of them in the one year the Ziro the T to France and
The VTA and I just realized that there was something very special about cycling on the race course the same day as the race it’s like playing football at Wembley Stadium on the same day as the FA Cup Final there’s no other sport that you can really do that but cycling you
Can and so that was why we started to offer the opportunity to host cyclists who want to ride on the same route as the pros uh on the same Day