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Doug
Petty's "Majorca'68" Mallorca Cycling Groups |
Contact
Doug Tel: +44(0)1282841235 (24hrs) Fax:+44(0)1535 610120 Mobile: 07840599263 Mob Spain (00)34666048742 E-mail majorca68@msn.com |
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Doug's 45th Annual |
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February - 4th May 2012. 45 years of paradise on the bike.
Phone Doug. Stay for 1 day - 1 month, or any number of days you choose Touring, pottering, training, racing. |
| The first Majorca '68 Spring Group coincides with the International 5 Day Professional Tour of Mallorca, the 'Vuelta a Mallorca'. This world famous race is one of the very few in which just about every top professional team competes. Approx 200 riders, plus 70 or more training. Imagine seeing such riders as Oscar Freire and Stuart O'Grady sprinting together alongside Palma Harbour for 10 laps, while you are enjoying a coffee or cool beer at a pavement café - IT'S MAGIC!!! Mix with the best pro/amateur athletes in the world in our 3 star Hotel Ayron Park and see how they race and train. Our rides for this week criss-cross the course of the Vuelta a Mallorca, to see the race, and in later weeks there is a further list of runs for riders of all abilities, for no extra charge. Majorca '68 is hosted at luxurious Ayron Park Hotel in Arenal, 6 kms from Palma by the beautiful Playa de Palma; 3 stars, 60m from the seafront. There is now a dedicated cycle path all the way to Palma, you can ride to Palma from Arenal completely offroad. Latest - Cadel Evans To Open Season In Mallorca Challenge? Follow link to Cycling News- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cadel-evans-to-open-season-in-mallorca-challenge |
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Vuelta a Mallorca |
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 Former Falcon pro Mick Holmes of Leeds enjoys the view across the island to the sea |
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 Celeb-spotting at the café in Felanitx. Do you recognise this well known Irishman? |
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Hello
Doug and Liz! Just wanted to send you a belated thank you for the wonderful time in Mallorca. I was expecting just a cycling trip and instead discovered a lovely, wacky and delightful community. I look forward to seeing you all again! And thank you for your help in getting me track time. It seemed to have paid off! I took bronze in the pursuit, scratch and team sprint….missed bronze in the kilo by .10 seconds (grrrrrr)…..and lost the bronze medal ride in the sprints in three rides. Oh….and the points race? It was basically me vs. three Argentines and they taught a clinic. They rode a race as beautiful as it was vicious. Attached is one of the podium pics. Thank you again for the wonderful time!! Best, GKT Guy Tucker (rt) celebrates three Bronzes at the Panams! |
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to the Three Monasteries Majorca '68 rides can be gentle, sociable pottering, or serious training, it's your choice. The ride to Puig de Randa starts gently from Arenal to the town of Llucmayor, then soon starts to climb. At Randa village the road rears up for the climb proper, with tree-lined hairpin bends. After a col where another road joins, the gradient eases a little for the final push to Santuari de Cura (550m). From here all the plain is visible including the two other monasteries of the 143k Three Monasteries Medal Ride, Monte Sion and San Salvador |
 Helen rings home "I've climbed to the Cura!" |
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| If you can't bear to leave, don't despair, there is always our autumn wind-down, October / November, just the ticket for you after a hard racing season, and to treat your wife / husband / girlfriend / boyfriend for putting up with all your fads during the season. The weather has always been good, in the 60's, just the right tonic before winter sets in. If you've never been before - you've never lived. Register with Doug now for more details. Wind-down |
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TOURING
- POTTERING - TRAINING - RACING including the following if you wish; Vuelta a Mallorca Professional 5 day Race (spectate only) Festa des Pedal Ciclo Turismo Lluchmayor 48km - March; Elite - Sub 23 & Pro races as follows: Gran Premio Marmoles 120km - February Gran Premio Emaya 120km - February Mega Sport - Palma - Orient Ciclo Turismo - March Gran Premio Cristobal Colon 125km - March Pujada des Guell a Lluc Ciclo Turismo 56km - March Volta Ciclo Turista Internacional a Mallorca (3 days) April/May Do you want to race? International Racing Licence to Doug as soon as you arrive if you want to race. MEDAL RIDES Maurice Woodrup Memorial 76km Tour of the Three Monasteries 143km Tour of the Two Monasteries 108km The Graham Fox La Calobra & Puig Major Super Mountain Ride 160km Also - The David (Danny) Ellery Pilgrimage Ride - 80km |
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Doug, Just want to say a very big Thank You for all your help and
generous support to the Paralympic Squad during our recent training
camp in Majorca. It is very much appreciated by all and hopefully
the camp will stand them in good grounds for their preparations
for the Paralympic Games in Beijing in September. Look forward to seeing next time we are out in Majorca". Kind Regards, Denis Toomey The Irish Paralympic Cycling Squad later sent a postcard from Beijing, celebrating their achievement of 7 National Records at the Games |