Winter just isn’t the season for Finnish cycling freaks. Short days, snow and cold and snow everywhere. Only cycling news provided are about doping. Ouch.

Thankfully, it is also the season for setting targets for the next summer, and planning the next travels. Right now I have two basic plans: a spring trip to Liverpool and Spain and a summer trip to London (the start of TDF…) and Provence. Both trips will hopefully include much cycling and a few mountain stages.