Cycling training camps — what to expect and why you should try one to get some warm weather miles in...
Spring is in the air , which can mean only one thing in pro cycling... pre-season training camps. Yet, these sunny escapes are not just reserved for the pros nowadays. Perhaps a week or two riding in sun could be just the tonic for us cyclists in the Northern Hemisphere to get our mojo back over winter?
Training camps are nothing new in cycling, or in many other sports for that matter. The difference nowadays is that they were once almost exclusively reserved for the sporting elite, or those who could afford such things. Naturally the financial implications are still a forbidding factor for many of us, although the benefits of winter sun riding are most defiantly there for any cyclist, and not just the elite racer looking to gain a few winter watts and kill some extra seasonal pounds off.
Majorca first came to attention of British cyclists back in the 70’s when the Falcon Cycles pro team had a pre-season camp there. The camp was also sold as a package for regular riders, which in many ways was well ahead of its time, especially when you consider that travelling abroad was still a way off becoming the norm for most of us.
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