The Region & Climate...

All our 2009 Preparation & Training camps are based on the Spanish mainland in Costa Blanca.

It is a known fact that the weather is much warmer than other parts of Europe, and is the reason why many of the top professional teams use the area for their pre season training.
The roads are of good quality and there is a choice of either coastal, hilly and even mountainous rides, with some roads going to 1,200 metres.

For Mountain Bikers, the Costa Blanca & Sierra Espuña offer an excellent variety of both single track and wide forest trails.

Accommodation...

We shall be using the excellent Albir Garden complex as we have done for several years for the Early Bird No frills and our Graham Baxter training camps.

The Vet's and Ladies Riding Week will be held at the Hotel Los Angeles http://www.hotellosangelesdenia.com

The Albir Garden:
The hotel complex is set in beautiful gardens and also includes a heated indoor swimming pool, gym, tennis court, launderette and conference room. There are plans to upgrade the gym and open a Sauna & Spa, all of which should be open for when our training camps start.

Each apartment is modern and equipped with a twin bedroom, separate lounge with double sofa bed, bathroom, kitchen, and balcony. Prices are for 2 or 3 persons sharing an apartment

The accommodation at the Albir Garden is on Half Board basis (Evening Meal, B&B). The hotels buffet style arrangements for breakfast & evening meal will satisfy the hungriest of cyclists.

Bring the kids...

The Albir Garden is ideal for all the family and in fact many riders brought their wives & children last year (ask for our child prices).

 

 

Some of the facilities of the Albir Garden: (Click on the images for larger versions)
The Apartment	The Restaurant
The Gym	The Swimming Pool

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Flights & Transfers…

Flights will be to Alicante airport (for Albir Garden and Hotel Los Angeles camps)

More details of flights and transfers can be found on the detailed training camps pages.

Matt White (US Postal) attended one of our training camps in 2003 (Pictured here with Neil Stephens)

All Abilities…

The term "Training Camp" can give the average cyclist the misconception that you need to be a super fit elite rider in order to attend. This could not be further from the truth, as all our training camps cater for all types of cyclists be they tourers, racers or international standard. We generally have enough cyclists for 3 to 4 different group rides each day, thus catering for all standards. Some riders like to use the camps for warmer weather riding rather than training.

What the Camps include (Albir Garden Camps)...

Marcel Wust at the notice board	An S.I.S seminar in progress
	A Cannondale spare/test bike

The Sporting Tours camp shop

Our programme for 2009 is as follows:

The Early Bird No Frills Camp (Costa Blanca) - 3rd January to 28th February 2009

Graham Baxter Training Camps (Costa Blanca) - 28th February to 21st March 2009

The Vets & Ladies Bike Week (Costa Blanca) - 7th-21st March 2009 (Now incorporated with the Graham Baxter Training Camps at the Albir Gardens).

Club La Santa (Lanzarote) - Andy Cook Bike Weeks - 8th to 23rd January 2009

Club La Santa (Lanzarote) - Tony Doyle Bike Camp - 12th to 26th February 2009

Andy Cook Training Riding Weeks (Majorca) - 6th to 20th March 2009

Club La Santa (Lanzarote) - Long Distance Bike Camp - 18th to 25th June 2009

Club La Santa Cycling Trophy - 28th to 30th September 2009

See Also:

Our Etape du Tour training weekends in the Yorkshire Dales may be of interest not only to people preparing for the Etape du Tour, but for other Cyclo Sportive events such as the Gran Fondos.

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