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The Gay Cycling Training Camp is aimed at the Gay cyclist who enjoys the type of ride we organize in CycleOut. The title of Training Camp is certainly not implying extreme activity. It is a non-competitive cycling event at the start of the cycling season and get those legs working after the inactivity of the winter. The wish is for participants to join in group rides during the week and to develop their cycling to a level they are happy with. With so much good cycling at the doorstep of the hotel and all day to cycle you can have lots of fun getting the body going after the winter and be ready for the summer. Meanwhile try some cycle terrain that we would not get at home.

Get away from the cold and wet and cycle in warm sunshine. Take advantage of Spain's Mediterranean sunshine in the Spring to start your cycling season early.

Mallorca is an island made for the cyclist. With the central plain of rolling countryside and mountain ranges with passes to make the spirit fly. The choice is yours.

Stay in a resort hotel that specializes in catering for cyclists in the low seasons. We are planning on a hotel with a good standard of facility for you comfort on a half-board tariff to include the evening meal. The hotel restaurant will reserve us a block of tables, making it very easy for the club to socialize together for the evening.

Bike hire arrangements are in place and a bike can be booked for you. This will be usually for the whole week but can be for what ever period you want, the bike hire is just a short walk from the hotel and bikes can be collected at the start of the hire period and returned at the end. You may bring your own bike if you prefer.

A week of planned group rides to different parts of the island from the coastal routes to the mountain routes. Join in for as much as you want, or relax and be independent. You can take a day off to explore Palma or relax in the sun. There are no formal ride leaders details of routes and maps will be available but in the spirit of the group volunteers will be welcome to lead on the day.

If numbers permit we will split into multiple cycling programmes. There will some common rides but it will enable the more energetic rides to have longer rides and makes more use of the mountains, where the recreational riders can have shorter rides and keep more to the central plain and the coastal area.

For the evenings we can take the Spanisn tradition of a "paseo" along the sea front as the sun finally sets over the mountains, there are plenty of bar and cafes along the sea front and there is a bar and lounge in the hotel. Palma is only a short distance away, on three bus routes including one express service.