Sportives and Trips 2012

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I would love for you to attend one of my sportive trips in 2011, there are 3 to choose from. It would enable you to ride some of the worlds biggest, most famous cycling mountains and allow us to get to know each other better on these limited number trips. There are only 10 places per trip so please book early especially for La Marmotte as it fills up very quickly.

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4 Day Trip to La Ventoux Sportive 2012 (31st May to 3rd June 2012)

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Ever wanted to ride Mount Ventoux?

I would like to invite you along on my La Ventoux Sportive trips in 2012. This 4 day trip (31st May to 3rd June 2012) will allow you to ride the official La Ventoux sportive and ride up the magical Mont Ventoux and the Col de Veaux over 3 different distances of 170km, 102km or 21km.

£549.00

5 Day Tour to La Marmotte Sportive 2012 (5th to 9th July 2012)

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I would like to invite you along on my La Marmotte trips in 2012. This 5 day trip (5th to 9th July 2012) will allow you to ride the official La Marmotte sportive and ride up the magical Glandon, Telegraph, Galibier, Lautaret, and the final climb of the 21 bends of Alpe d'Huez over 3 different distances of 174km, 76km or 13km.

£699.00

3 Day Ronde Du Picardie Sportive between 9th to 11th September 2011

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I would like to invite you along on my La Ronde du Picardie Sportive trip in 2012. This 3 day trip between 8th to 10th September 2011 will allow you to ride the official La Ronde du Picardie sportive and ride up through the Somme over 3 different distances of 185km, 131km or 53km.

£399.00

Our happy clients came along to La Ronde du Picardie sportive on 2009 and La Ventoux sportives in 2010 kindly wrote these words about their experiences.

‘In my experience a sportive abroad isn’t usually so stress free. So how can it be a great challenge but relaxing at the same time? Well it's down to Dan’s organisational skills and advice. The whole trip was brilliantly planned and just the right pace. We knew what we were doing and when and importantly what the strategy on race day was. Dan had us thoroughly prepared for the race (reminder - I must get that training programme) relaxed, fuelled and well versed in the course. Plenty of great food on and off the bike with exactly the right amount of well crafted recovery and post race banter.‘

Dan provided all participants with loads of useful tips and information. We had plenty of time for a pre event ride and recognisance of some of the tricky (both technical descents and the challenging climbs and final run in to finish) parts of the course which helped tremendously in the event itself. After a dip in the pool we had time to discuss our objectives for the next day and finalise feeding and ride strategies. We also worked out target completion times and an accurate time schedule for the course giving indicators of being up or down on the target time. This combined with the production of water proof pocket cards with distance and profile enabled me to follow my schedule and hit my target time. In fact improve it by about 10 mins. The card caused many a jealous look as I dig it out every now and then to see when the next down hill or feed would be. We had a few laughs and some great food as well.

The tip was good value and Dan is both informative from is coaching and his obvious experience as a rider and very flexible. He was able to accommodate my alternative traveling arrangements with no problem.

I would definitely go on this or similar trips again with him or his company.

James Stone

"I prepared for 6 months for climbing Ventoux by following a superb training plan from Dan Bennett at www.progressivecyclecoaching.co.uk. As a result of this, the climb was pretty easy and I was able to ride along quite happily, singing along to my ipod. Lots of interesting flowers en route, especially when you get to the top part of the climb. I saw tiny purple pansies growing out of the rocks, and I wasn't hallucinating! I think the keys to the climb are lots of training, lots of patience and lots of water. Good Luck!"

Linda Regel

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