Event Previews & Reviews from Courchevel

Le Tour de France 2016 kicked off last Saturday with stage one and the 'Grand Depart' being hosted by the stunning island community of Le Mont Saint Michel.

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

Murray Buchan a skier who grew up on the finger-snapping plastic of Edinburgh's Hillend made a choice to ski rather than play rugby and hopefully that choice will take hi to an Olympic medal.

Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.

Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.

Meet Ben Kilner one of Britian's best halpipe snowboarders. 

It's very cold and the days are short, but the skies are blue and the pistes are quiet.

Katie Summerhayes from Sheffield is back on snow for the first time since her ACL injury. She talks about the freeski scene to come out of Sheffield Ski Village and how Woodsy helped to push her when she started out on the European circuit.

The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.

It's the school holidays, the resort is full of families and it's getting a little warmer.

December is when the ski lifts are opening and the Christmas holidays are on the horizon.

How the team trains for the Olympics and how they came to be a team in the first place.

Meet Aimee Fuller Slopestyle Snowboarder, stunt double and one of the British Freestyle Snowboard Team.