Bike Weeks with Geoff Cooke, Ain-Alar Juhanson & Team
10 Feb 2011 to 24 Feb 2011
This event is now finished, we’ll have details of 2012 very soon
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Traditionally, February has always been a popular time of year for bike weeks at Club La Santa. With that in mind, Geoff Cooke, Ain-Alar Juhanson and team invite you to kick off the season under perfect conditions on the beautiful volcanic island of Lanzarote.
This is a great chance to improve your fitness, gain some valuable advice and make some new friends. The training camp is designed to cater for all abilities from novice to the serious racing club cyclist.
Ideally, to get the most out of your bike weeks, you should have some experience of cycling and a certain level of fitness.
The training
Geoff and Ain-Alar, together with the Green Team bike guides (who are all top class riders), will be accompanying you out on the road every day through the beautiful landscape of Lanzarote.
The routes will vary both in length and difficulty, taking you to the far south, through the fascinating Fire Mountains and up to the north, with stunning views of the neighbouring island of La Graciosa.
You will have the opportunity to challenge yourself with steep climbs up to Femes (a climb out of category) and the 10 km long Tabayesco mountain climb. On the longer rides, we stop for a sandwich and drinks which our service car will provide.
Under Spanish law it is compulsory to ride with a helmet at all times.
Geoff and Ain-Alar will be available throughout the two weeks to offer guidance and talk to you about planning your training programme once you return home.
This may include an introduction to, or advice on, power and weight training, to include in your programme in CLS Fitness centre.
Geoff won his first UK National Championship in 1963 and has worked at the top level ever since, both racing and as a national coach. As a measure of his fitness today, he can still cover 200m in less than 12 seconds, on a good day! You will see the team around the resort and are welcome to aproach them for a chat and to quiz them on their cycling knowledge.
The Coaches
Geoff Cooke
Geoff Cooke is an Olympian, World, European, Commonwealth and UK National Cycling Champion. He was BCF National Track Coach 1979/89 and is presently employed by British Cycling as their National Youth Sprint Coach. He retired from his post as Head of Leisure Services for a Borough Council in 2003 and is now really honoured to be part of BC success.
Ain-Alar Juhanson
Double Ironman Lanzarote and Volcano Triathlon winner (2005+2006). Winner of Ironman New Zealand 2006, Ain-Alar holds the fastest bike time in the Ironman World Championship on Hawaii in 2008. Triathlon competitor since 1992 – Pro since
2000 and first Ironman in 2002. It is the third year Ain-Alar will be joining the bike weeks.
Price
The price for the week is 125€ for 1 week, which includes daily bike rides of various distances, races, talks, social activities, refreshments for the longer rides, a t-shirt and dinner on the final evening in La Casa restaurant.
If spaces are available, companions can join us for a 3 course meal with a half bottle of wine for 24€.
The price for 2 weeks is 175€ (includes the above and 2 dinners).
Provisional Programme for the first week – subject to alteration
Thursday
18.00 Welcome and registration meeting in the Sports Café
Friday
09.15 Information for new guests at the Bike Centre
09.30 Stretching to warm up and briefing of the day’s ride
Departure of the days ride: La Florida (60 km)
17.00 Talk/Social activity
Saturday
09.00 Stretching to warm up and briefing of the day’s ride.
Departure of the day’s ride: Tabayesco (100 km)
Sunday
09.30 Stretching to warm up and briefing of the day’s ride.
Departure of the day’s ride: El Golfo (70 km)
21.00 Pool Tournament in the Green Bar
Monday
09.30 Stretching to warm up and briefing of the day’s ride.
Departure of the day’s ride: Uga (55 km)
Tuesday
09.00 Stretching to warm up and briefing of the days ride.
Departure of the day’s ride: Island ride (155 km) /
shorter ride (70 km)
Wednesday
09.30 Stretching to warm up and briefing of the days ride.
Departure of the day’s ride: Tias (55 km)
15.00 Time trial – meet at the Bike Centre.
19.30 Dinner in restaurant ”La Casa”
The 2nd week will follow a similar pattern.The final programme will be handed out at the welcome and registration meeting.
Club La Santa reserves the right to cancel or change the event if too few are pre-registered.
Please note that if you want to rent a Club La Santa bike rather than taking your own, you will have to arrange this separately with CLub La Santa UK prior to departure. The price for a bike is around 85 € per week or 18 € a day. It is advisable to book these bikes at time of booking and will be subject to availabilty
Whilst we try very hard to deliver your tour itinerary as specified at the time of booking, sometimes circumstances beyond our control may prevent us from providing the exact tour itinerary that is advertised and in such circumstances we do not assume liability for any loss of the advertised elements of the itinerary. Please see our Terms and Conditions for further details.
Accommodation and flights have to be booked separately with Club La Santa UK on +44 (0) 161-790-9890
Event weeks are restricted to guests staying at Club La Santa.
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