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Our standard cycling holiday is below. However we can gladly tailor cycling tours to the French winelands. Suggested areas include Loire Valley cycling tours, Bordeaux and Provence cycling tours.

FRENCH ALPS CYCLING TOUR.

CYCLING – the great passes of the Pyrenees This is a 7 day/6 night cycling course/adventure for serious amateur cyclists who are fit enough to ride 90 kilometers per day over mountain roads. Based in a 3* hotel and cycling centre in the Hautes Pyrénées, this programme was devised by two-time

TOUR de FRANCE winner Laurent Fignon and introduces riders to the legendary passes of Tourmalet, Aubisque and Marie-Blanque among many others. There is no set program: participants decide day by day after a debriefing session with their (professional) instructor just which passes they wish to tackle and the amount of mileage they feel up to trying. The instructor – who accompanies each ride - will present up to a hundred routes personally devised and traced by Laurent Fignon for consideration each day.

A typical day's format is thus: 7.30 to 9.00am - Cyclist's breakfast 8.30 et 9.30am - Departure on the day's 'High Pass' route 1pm - 2.30pm - Return to center - depending on distance 1.30- 3pm - Light refreshment 3pm – 7pm - Free time 7pm – debriefing with instructor and choice of following day's program 8pm - Dinner The high point of the week is on Friday when a challenge is organized on the occasion of the 'Historic Day' – this is when participants will tackle the legendary circuit of Peyrsourde, Aspin and Tourmalet. There is a Gala evening on the Saturday with gourmet dinner in the adjoining restaurant. Individual 'cyclists' massages can be arranged (extra) after each day's ride ... while your bike is undergoing a maintenance check in the workshop.

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