Category Archives: Cycling Holidays Spain

Sale – Tour of Andalucia – with optional La Marmotte Entries

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

We are now down to our last two spaces for our Tour of Andalucia in March 2012. We are keen to have a full house for these week so have reduced the last 2 places from 399GBP per person to … Continue reading →

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Tour of Andalucia Day3 and 4 Reconnaisance

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Day 3 and 4 took us from Monachil to Almunacar and back over the Sierras de Tejeda. We set off from Monachil fairly early to tackle the rolling climb up over the Sierras de Tejeda. The first 15km or so … Continue reading →

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Day 2 Tour of Andalucia – The Pico de Veleta – Reconnaisance

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Big ride out on day 2 combing our day 2 ride up to the Pico de Veleta with our day 3 ride to Guejar Sierra. The morning was fresh as we started off a little later than planned for the local … Continue reading →

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Tour of Andalucia day 1 reconnaisance and training

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Today’s ride was a 91 km ride from our base in Monachil to La Peza over the Puerto de Los Blancaros. This forms day 1 of our Tour of Andalucia holiday in March. The temperature hit an amazing 21 degrees … Continue reading →

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Ride to La Peza over the Puerto de Los Blancares

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

On another beautiful day here in Sierra Nevada southern spain i took the road to the sleepy village of La Peza over the 1297m Puerto de Los Blancares. This is an out and back route covering some 60 km with … Continue reading →

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Pico de Veleta – Sierra Nevada

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

Rode the Pico de Veleta today from Monachil. The climb starts directly outside Monachil through some fairly steep swithbacks. After a while the road flattens out for a while before dropping down and climbing steadily upto 2500 metres. The road … Continue reading →

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Cycling Alpe d’Huez in January – and off to Andalucia

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Well with temperatures rocketing to 6 degrees centigrade in the vallee on new years day I tackled the Alpe d’Huez climb for the 31st consecutive month. Helen met me at the top and we stayed up there for a few … Continue reading →

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Spanish Cycling Holiday Spring 2011

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

Yes we know 2010 has barely started but we have just made available our spring cycling holiday in Southern Spain. Based in Monachil in the heart of the Sierra Nevada National Park you get a weeks worth of big col riding with … Continue reading →

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