Saint-Tropez Bay Family Holiday Tours Bike Training Tours Tour de Replica bikes for Hire

Join us March 6-12 for a magical tour of the . Ride mythic French Tour de France Routes while improving your wellness. April 4-10 Get a taste of the French Riviera. Including full room and board, bike fitting, pro cyclist rider guides (trilingual, French, German and English). June 6-12 Additional night(s) stays available.

French Riviera Closest Airport Closest Train Station

(Cote D’Azur) Nice St Raphaël

[email protected] Phone : +33 7 69 70 23 04 verideonfrance.com BIKING 3, 6, 7 Day Supported Bike Itineraries 45-90 miles/day (70-145 km/day) 125-375 total miles (200-600 total km) Numerous activities for family members

Itineraries: • Prealps 109 km • Roquebrune-sur-Argens 105 km • Vignon, Garde-Freinet 82 km • Col de Testanier et Mandelieu 95 km • Nice Tour de France Itinenary • Claviers, Col de Boussague 108 km 2020 • Col de Testanier et Mons 124 KmV • Montee de Tanneron 118 km • Bougnon 92 km • 3 Mountain Passes: Canadel via Saint-Tropez 77 km

What’s Included: Supplementary Items: • Local Airport or Train Station • Rental Carbon Pro Replica Tour de Pick-up and Drop-off France Bikes • Support Vehicle • Garmin GPS • Pro Cyclist Tour Leader • Power Meter • GPX Tracks and Maps • Bike transport from Paris for • Luxury Hotel, Full Board personal bike • Double or Single occupancy • Guided tours of French villages and • Wifi, Computer access sites • Wine (it’s France, what did you • Massage and Spa expect?) • Rental iPhone with route maps and • Child care up to 13 years internet capability • Full Resort Amenities

Wellness & Biking Knowledge Bonus: • Bike fit, Trial Use of Tour de • Nutrition advice France Bikes • Route creation guidance • Stretching sessions • Garmin features guidance • Compex (Electrostimulation) • Strava guidance User instructions • Bike repair mechanical advice and • Yoga and Pilates upon availability hands on repair

ACCESS TO ALL TOUR PHOTOS AND PERSONNALISED VIDEO ON SPECIAL ORDER

Biking [email protected] 2 TYPICAL DAY

Short Itinerary: • 8:00-9:00: Buffet Breakfast • 9:15: Departure • 12:15: Return to Hotel • 12:30: Buffet Lunch • 16:30: Stretching and Wellness • 17:15: Working Sessions • 19:00: Briefing and Cocktail • 19:30: Diner • 20:45: Activity or Show

Long Itinerary:

• 8:00-9:00: Breakfast • 9:15: Depart Circuit • 12:15: Lunch on the Road • 13:15: Second Leg of Itinerary • 16:15: Return to Hotel • 16:30: Stretching and Wellness • 17:15: Working Sessions • 19:00: Briefing and Cocktail • 19:30: Dinner • 20:45 Activity or Show

Schedules [email protected] 3 OUR ITINERARIES Below are some of our favorite tours. Most itineraries start directly from the hotel. Typically, two itineraries are proposed for each day. During the evening briefing each rider will choose his or her group’s itinerary depending on his or her objectives. Mountain itineraries are chosen on a daily basis with respect of the prevailing weather conditions. DAY 1 INTERMEDIATE DAY 2 ADVANCED

Bougnon Loop Testanier Mandelieu Stage, via the Riviera Lovely itinerary looping around the hotel for 23 km Perfect mix of wild backcountry mountain riding in the and 220 m of vertical climb. A chance to check out your Esterel with a long tour of the costal road along the power capabilities and measure yourself with different Meditarranean. 93 km of riding with 1117 m of vertical setups, completely supported. 1- 4 loops, 23 to 92 km climbing with a coffee stop in La Napoule facing the sea. ride. Return via Agay, Saint-Raphael and Frejus, Roman city.

DAY 3 ADVANCED DAY 4 INTERMEDIATE

3 Mountain Passes: Canadel via Parc Naturel Regional des Prealps Saint-Tropez 109 km. This beautiful ride through the backcountry of 128 km. 760 m of vertical climb. Bike along the the Prealps starts and ends in a natural setting, arriving beautiful bay of Saint-Tropez, transit the village of by car. Saint-Tropez and head into the wild coastal moun- tains with lovely vilages and sweeping seascapes.

DAY 5 INTERMEDIATE DAY 6 ADVANCED

Vignon, La Garde-Freinet, Reverdi Roquebrune-sur-Argens 82 km loop with 1075 m of vertical climb. Leave the 105 km/ 1000 m of climbing. This backcountry iti- hotel via the coastal road. At Saint-Maxim take a turn nerary starts with the Col de Bougnon pass and can northward into the backcountry for a glorious ride on be extended to a much longer ride depending on the winding mountain roads. Ride past the perched village group level. You can admire the red cliffs of Roque- of Grimaud to the Perier pass, with a beautiful view of brune via idyllic, twisting backcountry roads. Don’t for- the fortress of Verne and its vineyards and past Notre- get to have your camera ready for pictures of France’s Dame-des-Anges. “mini Colorado”.

Our Itineraries [email protected] 4 BIKE SELECTION Tour de France Replica Models

Bike Details, you choose your options: Rental bikes Available:

• Carbon frame pro model replica TDF bikes • S-Works & Expert: Venge, Roubaix, Tarmac • Ultralight Full Carbon Wheelsets, many with • Focus Izalco ceramic bearings, Roval CLX, Campagnola Bora • Trek Emmonda One, MavicCosmic Ultimate and Pro SL, DT Swiss • Cannondale Six Evo HI-Mod • Clincher, Tubular, or Tubeless Tires • Wilier Cento Aero • Mechanical or electrical components (Di2, ETap) • Origine Axiome GTR • Campagnolo SupeRecord or SRAM Red or Force, • Scott: Foil 10, Foil 20, Addict Shimano Dura ace and Ultegra • Cervelo R3 • Titanium framed bikes available upon request • BH Ultralight Aero • Optimized Mountain gear provided with a wide • Levacon Titanium handmade custom build range of options • Seven Axiom Titanium • GPS: Garmin, Stages and iPhone with route maps • Lapierre Xelius Pro • Power meters from Quark, Stages, Rotor and • Look 795Bike Powertap • Abundant spares: wheels, tires, saddles, cassettes

Bike Selection [email protected] 5 MEET OUR BIKES VeRideOn typically purchases spare frames from Tour de France teams and kits them out according to the demands of the terrain for a specific tour or rider. Our on-site expert mechanics have access to a wide range of spare parts to customize a bike to fit your needs.

BH S-Works Tarmac 2017 Lapierre Xeliius SL

Ultra light and “nervous” Spanish A replica of the bike used by Peter An original Tour de France bike. It Tour De France original bike from Sagan for the green jersey. This was created by Lapierre for use by Team Arkea - this is not a replica, model provides a smooth but the «Francaise des Jeux Conforma» it’s the real thing. Now used by Team responsive ride. Bora Hansgrohe, team in the event they possessed Furtuneao-Samsic. Quick-step teams. the yellow jersey.

S-Works Venge Scott Addict VeRideOn

Replica of the bike used by 4 Tour de Replica bike used by Scott Micheton Bike custom-built by VeRideOn France teams for time trials. Bora team in 2018 Tour de France. kitted out in Dura ace and Control Hansgrohe, Quickstep. Tech.

Wilier Cento Aero 1 Cervelo R3 Rotor Q

Fully Italian made, completely aero, A Canadian work of art used by Aero Eccentric Outer Chainring. a work of Italian art. Used by Team Team Dimension Data. Direct Energie.

Meet our Bikes [email protected] 6 VERIDEON WELCOMES YOU TO CLUB VACANCIEL

Located on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, discover exceptional countryside and beautiful weather. You can visit famous beach towns and charming backcountry villages. This former Grand Villa from the 30’s, recently refurbished, welcomes you to a magnificent seaside location straight from the movies with a private Mediterranean beach and flowering gardens.

On-site Leisure Activities: Evening Activities: Features

• Private beach with lifeguards • Health seminar • 2 Bars, sitting rooms with stunning views of the • Billiards, ping-pong, mini-golf • Karaoké Mediterranean and Gulf of St • Outdoor heated swimming pools • Lottery Tropez with WIF and a theatre • Multi-sport fields • Local tourist sites for evening shows • Tennis court • Cabaret and shows • 2 Pools including a 25m lap pool, multi-sports playing field, mini-golf, bike room Childrens Club: under constant surveillance • Clubs for children from 3 • Bike mechanic on site months - 13 years old

The Rooms

• Hotel completely renovated in 2017. 150 rooms with air conditioning. The main building has 4 floors The Environment • The bike group will be lodged in a separate building with its • 15 km de St Raphaël • You will be picked up at the own secure bike storage room • 15 miles from St-Tropez airport or train station • Rooms have showers, hair • 42 miles from Toulon • A welcome aperitif and snack dryer and television • 40 miles from Nice awaits you upon arrival • 1/2 mile from San Peire • Assembly rooms • Village and water Spa “Les • Stretching and training rooms Issambres” • Outdoor garden terrace • 6 Acre garden setting overlooking the Mediterranean

Accomodation [email protected] 7 CLUB VACANCIEL Exciting Excursions for Non-Riders

Excursions: • Roquebrune/Argens • La Forcerie de Mimosas dans le Massif du • Les Arcs/Argens Tanneron • Cannes • Port Grimaud et Cogolin • Saint-Paul-de-Vence • Les Calanques de l’Estérel en bateau • • Monaco • Grasse and the backcountry • Italian Markets • Saint-Tropez • Les Gorges du Verdon • Nice • Nice • La Corniche d’Or et la verrerie de Biot • La Rade de Toulon • Sainte-Maxime • Les Calanques de Cassis

Hiking: • Les Gorges du Blavet • L’Ile de Port-Cros • Le rocher de Roquebrune/Argens • L’Estérel • Le Cap de Saint-Tropez (littoral) • La Corniche des Maures • Le Mont Vinaigre • Extra Paid Hikes 3 levels - 2 to 6.5 hours of hiking • Le Vallon de la Gaillarde • Hiking from 80 à 600 meters of vertical climb • La Corniche d’Or, les Maures

Additional Excursions: • Le Massif des Maures • Les villages perchés du Haut • Le Golfe de Saint-Tropez • Le Massif du Tanneron • Le Massif de l’Estérel • Les Gorges du Verdon et de la Siagne

Bridge and Scrabble: • Tournaments and organized games

Information & Reservations: Tél. +33 769 70 23 04 | [email protected]

Indicative Cost Facebook Hours (6 DAYS/7 NIGHTS) @Verideon Cycling Tours 8 AM - 10 PM (French Time) 1200 Euros Double Occupancy 2 AM - 4 PM (East Coast USA) 1420 Euros Single Occupancy Website Verideonfrance.com

Accomodations [email protected] 8 MEET THE TEAM

Jacob Goldman Cedric Chartier Founder of VeRideOn Cycling Tours • Serial Entrepreneur in Mobile Communications and Cloud • Champion French Enduro and Road Cyclist and top bike mechanic Computing • Winner of the prestigious Roc D’Azur mountain bike race with • Enthusiastic participant in Ride Across Britain 2017, 2018, 2019 20,000 participants as well as Stage de Faso • Marathons and Half Marathons throughout the world: Paris, • Lead rider for elite groups. A top bike mechanic, Cedric will do a Amsterdam, Detroit, Michigan, Columbus, Ohio, New York, complete bike fit for you Chicago, Boulogne, Vincennes

Pascal Lebatisseur Serverine Grosjean

• Expert full-time Bike Mechanic and enthusiastic Amateur MTB • Avid Runner and Cyclist, winner and finalist at numerous bike and competitor, master carpenter: Assembly and Repair Workshop running competitions, from marathon to amateur tour stages in- Foreman. A master carpenter specializing in EC Homes along cluding the Saint Floraine Stage in 2016 and first place fnish in the with leading rides Avran Villards in 2016 • Pascal can also talk about bike builds, parts, bike fittings and • Leading role in the Association “Green Cycling” which works with make sure you are getting the most out of your bike during your organizers of cycling events for environmental issues journey and at home • Ask her to plan a great run for riding for you!

Daniel Levy Fred Lubach

• Official VeRideOn Cycling Tours Photographer • Elite French Stage Rider and Coach • French Televison Journalist and Cameraman, looking forward to • Winner of numerous race stages throughout France and internatio- filming and sharing travel experiences with the group. nally as a junior and at the professional level. • Member of the elite France National Team in juniors and espoirs ( 15 Among the events he has filmed: years to 20 years old categories) for a total of 20 years of bike racing • Anwar Sadat’s trip to Jerusalem at an international level. • Liberation of Nelson Mandela in South Africa • He is a passionate, engaged cyclist, whose speciality is speed and • The fall of the dictatorship in Albania time trials. He now spends his time coaching young riders to learn to • Filmed reports with many well-known personalities go beyond their limits

Our Team [email protected] 9