VéloSport Vacations

Peaking for the Tour

Goot — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:03:04 +0000

In early June, with the Giro completed, most pros focusing on the Tour de France are into their final preparation phase. This can include races like Luxembourg (Armstrong, F Schleck), Switzerland (Armstrong, Cancellara, both Schlecks, Vande Velde) and the Dauphiné Libéré (Contador, Menchov).

The Dauphiné runs right through our area of southern France next [...]

Start Me Up: Paris-Nice

Goot — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:27:31 +0000

It was a nice day in Provence today — finally! It’s March with the first trees in flower, though hardly visible since snowy alpine weather brought a foot of snow last week. If you’ve been following the “race to the sun,” you know this same cold front resulted in the shortening of stage 3 [...]

New Provence-Alps Climbfest

Goot — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:41:10 +0000

Climbing out from down under: join the Aussies!

A few months ago I heard from a nice Oz fellow Jeff who rode with VeloSport Vacations in Provence a few years back. It’s a long voyage from down there to France, so this time he wants to come with his cycling-crazed wife for a couple of [...]