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France training weekend

Dates: The plan is to arrive on Friday April 23rd in time for dinner at the hotel in Nice and depart after the ride on Sunday 25th April.
 
Venue: Nice, France.

Accommodation: www.loucastelet.com/en_residence/home.htm. Very good quality apartments and food with fantastic rides straight from the front door.

Meals: Includes Dinner, Bed and Breakfast. Lunch on the road

The plan: This is where Lance Armstrong trains for the Tour. If it's tough enough for him...

Saturday: Ride 1: Turini. 164km 4,300m (this will be like a mountain stage of the tour).
An epic ride pretty bumpy all the way. Takes in Col de Nice, Col de Braus, Col de l’Orme, Col de Turini (great cafés at top for lunch) and Col D’Andrion. Passes through Colomars, Tourette-Levens, Contes, L’Escarene, Peira-Cava, Roquebiliere, La Tour, Gilette and back to Carros. A superb ride for Day One.

Sunday: Ride 2: Vence 86km 1,700m
A beautiful ride which takes in Col de Vence, and then goes on to Greolieres. After the small village of Cipieres, the route follows a minor road down to the Gorges du Loup before heading through stunning scenery and back to the hotel. Tough after day one but well worth it.

Cost: About £330 including flights (Current price - book now), Bike transport, Back up vehicles, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast, Lunches, Guide.

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Steve Young of Forever Young Fitness has been a professional fitness trainer for 10 years. He competes in cycling and endurance events, and in 2006 rode the entire route of the Tour De Force.

Le Tour is arguably the greatest test of human fitness - a gruelling 3 weeks of daily stages varying from long flat 130 mile stretches to climbing up mountains that most people ski down in the winter. In a single day’s climb the overall gain can be the equivalent of climbing halfway up Mount Everest (4000m), with a noticeable reduction in oxygen on the peaks.

Challenges like this are not to be entered into lightly. It’s wise to use the experience of professionals to help you to steadily achieve the steep learning curve rather than learning by your own costly mistakes.

Steve is offering free advice to riders able to manage their own training, with the option of additional services on offer for fitness testing and training, programme design, training rides and sports injury advice.

For further information contact: Steve Young at www.foreveryoungfitness.co.uk