ErgVideo: Spring Training in Mallorca
January 14th, 2010 admin
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Message by NONE In our last article on filming the Roads of the Tour, we featured the Pyrenees and Mt. Ventoux. But Europe is full of other breathtaking cycling destinations, even if they arent visited by Grand Tours. One of those places is Mallorca, which occasionally features in the Vuelta a Espaa, and is the focus of another of our training videos.
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Message by NONE In our last article on filming the Spring Training In Mallorca video, we spent some good times traveling the roads of Mallorca – thankfully, there’s still much to be explored, so come along with Ergvideo to get a second helping of some of the best riding you’ll find anywhere in Europe.
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HTC-Columbia is putting the finishing touches on its pre-season training camp at Mallorca. Both the men’s and women’s teams converged on the island for important training sessions. With some of the men’s squad already racing in Australia, others will head next to the Tour of Qatar. “We got everything we wanted out of this camp and...
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– Mallorca Challenge LIVE ticker here (Google-translated).
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