Six tips to help you finish the Rapha Festive 500 in 2022

Rapha have released all the details for their annual challenge over the festive period, here’s all our advice on how to finish it

Riders in the snow
(Image credit: Marius Nilsen / Rapha)

The Rapha Festive 500 is set to return for its 13th successive year, as cyclists around the world aim to complete the prestigious challenge on Strava over the course of eight days.

Between 24-31 December, riders across the globe will press start on their bike computers before embarking on the cycling challenge. Although it isn’t all about the competition, it’s far more important than that.

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Tom Thewlis

Tom joined Cycling Weekly in early 2022 and his news stories, rider interviews and features appear both online and in the magazine. 


He has reported from some of professional cycling's biggest events and races including the Tour de France and the recent Glasgow World Championships. He has also covered races elsewhere across the world and interviewed some of the biggest stars in the sport including Tom Pidcock, Wout van Aert, Primož Roglič and Lizzie Deignan. 


When not writing news scoops from the WorldTour, or covering stories from elsewhere in the domestic professional scene, he reports on goings on at bike shops up and down the UK, where he is based when not out on the road at races. He has also appeared on the Radio Cycling podcast.