L'Eroica

Peloton X Castello di Verrazzano

In 2001 contributor Rob Coppolillo traveled to Tuscany to participate in a little-known ride on the region's gravel roads. Two decades later, the event has grown into pro cycling's biggest off-road race.

Inspired by L'Eroica, a bike shop in Florence, Italy sells fixed-up old bikes from the days of old Campagnolo groupsets and skinny steel frames.

L'Eroica series of vintage bike rides expands with new rides in Uruguay, South Africa and the Netherlands.

Classic Italian event showcases vintage bicycles and beautiful Tuscan countryside with rugged gravel roads.

Chris Case takes on the challenging terrain of Eroica California, and learns something of what it was to ride in the golden age of cycling

An interview with the iconoclastic founder of L'Eroica, Giancarlo Brocci, ahead of the first-ever Eroica California in Paso Robles