2024 Mallorca
Registration
Sunday 26 november 2023 11:00am, the registration will be made available through the webshop.
You can claim your spot through the Mallorca 2024 Webshop Page
This is a members-only camp
Information
When
Sunday 31 MARCH – Sunday 07 APRIL 2024
Where
Las Gaviotas Suites Hotel.
This is the hotel where we’ve stayed previously, located in Playa de Muro near Alcudia in the north of the island.
Accomodation is half-board, with a buffet for both breakfast and dinner. The hotel provides free kit washing. The hotel costs must be paid at the hotel at the end of your stay.
Costs
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Suite (one double bed + one sofa bed):
- 1 person: 1122 EUR/pp
- 2 people: 561 EUR/pp
- 3 people: 504 EUR/pp
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Double (double bed):
- 1 person: 791 EUR/pp
- 2 people: 435 EUR/pp
Included
- Accommodation
- Breakfast and dinner buffet
- Kit washing every day
- All training sessions
- One very stressful moment while securing your Mallorca 2024 spot on the webshop
Additional
- Flights (see below)
- Bike rental (see below)
- Non-refundable registration fee of 100 EUR, to be paid when signing up to confirm your spot, will be used for necessary costs during the camp, such as bus transport (airport pick-up, support van) and activities
- Lunch, energy bars, beers etc…
Training:
There will be 2-3 training sessions available per day, with a focus on cycling Mallorca’s world-famous roads. There will be groups and routes to suit all levels and attendees can participate in as many/few sessions as they like.
Swim: the pool will be available to us every morning.
Bike: there will be routes planned for all levels each day.
Run: there will be a few main runs available throughout the week.
Flights: (arrange yourself)
You need to arrange and pay your flights yourself. The recommended flights are:
- Transavia HV5629: Sunday 31 March 6:45am -> 9h10 Schiphol -> Palma
- Easyjet EJU7882: Sunday 7 April 15:10pm -> 17:45pm Palma -> Schiphol
Bike Hire: (pay there)
If you prefer to hire a bike than bring your own bike (hiring is the most popular and easiest option), we have negotiated with a local bike rental provider, who have an office near the hotel. Bike hire must be paid when picking up the bike on the first day. Bike costs are roughly between 110 and 250 EUR per week, depending on the model chosen.
HOW TO REGISTER:
The tri camp is always popular and spaces will be located on a first-come-first-served basis.
Registrations will open on 26 November 2023 at 11:00am.
To reserve your spot, follow the link on this page (added when registration opens) and pay the 100 EUR registration fee per participant.
This fee will be used for necessary costs during the camp.
If you are unable to attend the camp, we will open your spot up to someone on the waiting list, but you may lose your deposit if your spot isn't taken by someone else.
Questions? Ask Valérie Vogel (ping her on the whatsapp group)
Routes
Cycling
Easy/Short
Maria de la Salut (54 km / 433m)
The route to Maria de Salut leads through the countryside of Mallorca and passes calm villages with limestone
houses and ancient windmills. It's like a fuckin fairytale.
Although there is 433 meters of elevation in this route, those meters come in the form of rolling hills rather
than whopping great climbs.
This route is also ideal as a recovery ride.
Cala Sant Vincent (52 km / 360m)
The route to Cala Sant Vicent is mostly coastal and provides some nice views of the bays with their clear blue
water.
This route has one small climb but the rest is predominantly rolling.
Even more picturesque than three times around De Ronde Hoep, if you can believe it.
Cap de Formentor (62 km / 1244m)
The route to the Cap de Formentor lighthouse is as iconic as it gets in Mallorca.
With smooth winding roads and magnificent views, you'll barely even notice the road goes up.
This ride should be on everyone's must-do list but avoid on a windy day or you may end your ride in Menorca.
Intermediate / Medium
Manacor (108 km / 1069m)
This route leads to south side of the island and consists mostly or rolling hills, farm lands, villages and
smaller cities.
It is ideal for snagging some kilometres in the legs if you need a break from the big climbs.
The ride passes through Manacor – the home town of Rafa Nadal and your legs might be almost as bulging as the
King of Clay's left bicep by the time you finish this ride.
Petra (76 km / 714m)
Un pequeňo viaje into the island's heartland that skips between a number of quaint villages.
Apart from a couple of sharp "Limburg-style" leg-sappers, you have nothing to fear in terms of climbing. It will
still put some decent kilometers in the legs though.
If the weather gods are smiling, this route will provide quite a few Insta opportunities to make everyone back
home jealous that you're out riding with all your uber-cool sporting buddies. Say "queso!"
Lluc (66 km / 969m)
Not up for the big kilometers, but still want to enjoy some classic Mallorca climbing?
This route will take you up to Lluc on a steady 8km climb with an average gradient of 4.9%. At the top, you can
refill your bottles and enjoy a coffee and a slice of a totally unidentifiable cake.
The descent is easy, but don’t forget to look around as the views over the flat lands are magnifico.
Ironman 70.3 Mallorca Bike Course (90km / 1000m)
Training for a 70.3 this year? Want to know what you've let yourself in for?
Flat at the beginning, flat at the end, but lumpier than oma's gravy in the middle.
Check out the bike course of one of the most popular Ironman 70.3s in the world.
Ermita de Bonany (123km / 1060m)
OK, 123km maybe stretch the definition of "intermediate" a little, but the profile isn't too aggressive and the
hardest part is slap-bang in the middle, with the tough climb to the hilltop hermitage, also known as Puig de
Bonany.
The views from up there will recharge the legs for the journey home.
Advanced/Tough West
Sa Calobra (110 km / 2340m)
Mallorca's most iconic climb. When they're not busy dodging doping tests, this is where pro teams head to in
winter and spring to emulate those iconic French cols!
You first need to scale the ridge and climb Col do sa Batalla to Lluc. A bit more winding and you descend to Sa
Calobra.
That’s right – it's a one-way road, and you have to descent first. Then you turn around and tackle the 10km
climb with an average 7% gradient and 26 hairpin bends.
After that, you can head back the same way through Lluc or turn left and descend to Polenca.
Soller (137 km / 2967m)
If, after a few days, you've got "good legs," then this is the ideal way to put them to the test.
The climb out of Soller is brutal, but the longest climb on the island at about 14 km at an average gradient of
6% is Puig Major – the Puig.
You will climb from sea level to 850m of altitude. Before you get there, you first must take on some serious
foothills and 73 km of beautiful biking.
Ideal if you have some big challenges ahead, however it may be just a step too far this early in the
season.
Go on, prove me wrong!
Mallorca 167 (167km / 2500m)
Distance? Pah! Elevation. Pfff.
If you're here to work harder than an ugly stripper, then follow the route of the legendary Mallorca 167 gran
fondo and tackle four sizeable cols, including the slightly "easier" northern approach to the Puig.
Advanced/Tough South-East
San Salvador (160 km / 1900m)
A rolling route that goes clockwise around the eastern coast of Mallorca, cutting through the middle of the
island to come back towards Alcudia… eventually.
This route features a number of small hills and climbs to get your legs ready for the 5km climb up to the
mountaintop monastery at San Salvador. Once there, it's a 70km slog back home – or you can just quit and become
a nun.
Porto Cristo (147 km / 1100m)
If you're looking to clock some kilometres without too much climbing, or you're into riding routes that resemble
the outline of a Scottish Terrier, then this is the ride for you, ya freak.
It's a great loop that avoids any nasty climbs and takes you on a tour of the east of the island. Woof!