After a long , we've found two brand new sportive bloggers to join our current team of Lorna, Gavin and Chris - and now you can

The talented winners are Madeleine Iafrate and Oisin Sands who will be keeping you up to date with their sportive stories and hopefully inspiring everyone to take part.

Madeleine and Oisin are both beginners - with Oisin yet to ride his first event - but their 2013 calendars are packed and you can read about how they are progressing each month.

Madeleine's first installment recounts her ride at the Meon Valley Riser. It may have been Madeliene's first event but she achieved her target speed, with a little help from her dad and lots of planning.

Oisin has been inspired by rides logged by a local pro cyclist on Strava and has adopted them as motivation! Find out who that pro is, and what events Oisin has in his entertaining first entry here.

Bookmark the sportive blogger homepage and keep up to date with all of their rides this year.