Unique Opportunity for Women to Ride with Women!
Yes it’s possible, Womens Cycling Challenging Bike Tours guaranteed March April trips. Unique opportunity with female guides who support, encourage, challenge love to laugh, smile with you, most of all hope you feel relaxed in this unique unchallenged environment, improve your cycling today. The women at Practice Bicycle love to ride!
Challenging Portugal Cycling Itinerary with a variety of cycling terrain 75 – 90 km / 56 mi each day.
Womens Cycling Training Portugal
Comfortable Ride Route:
Distance 55km/34mi
Ascent 400m/1300ft
Route Arao
Welcome to Portugal and a great week of riding in the Algarve!
After you have checked in to your accommodation, should time permit we will undo the legs from your travels and also check that your bike traveled safely with an introduction ride to your Womens Training Camp in the Algarve!
* training rides based on experienced cyclist, options for recovery rides as require
Womens Cycling Training Portugal – Atlantic Coast
Challenging Ride Route:
Distance 85km / 53mi
Ascent 550m / 1800ft
Flat coast roads to start the day as we head past the Marina town of Lagos. This route west along the bottom of Portugal is great terrain for that steady tempo as we follow the Atlantic coastline.
With a coffee stop on the beach there cannot be a better location for cycling. Time to head inland across the natural landscape for uninterrupted cycling the ideal endurance ride, not too taxing on the legs and ideal for 75% aerobic workouts.
Womens Cycling Training Portugal – Serra Monchique
Challenging Ride Route:
Distance 60km / 37mi
Ascent 745m / 2400ft
First climb of the week with the gentle slopes of the Serra Monchique a good climb for steady tempo. Get your breath back amongst the forrest shade before testing your legs to top off the day. Great views are the reward for your effort following one of our favourite valley roads back to Portimao.
Monchique (450m) cat 2– 8km @ 4%
Womens Cycling Training Portugal – Vale Fuzeiros
Challenging Ride Route:
Distance 75km / 46mi
Ascent 550m / 1800ft
Selection of our favourite roads today among the agricultural farmland full of orange groves and views of the amazing Algarve. These cycling routes are designed to get the most from your cycling week, the legs turn easily today the ideal endurance ride route.
Womens Cycling Training Portugal – Espinhaco da Cao
Challenging Ride Route:
Distance 85km / 53mi
Ascent 650m / 2100ft
Challenge the roller coaster landscape into the Algarve you can see why this is perfect cycling terrain, quiet traffic free roads make for the best cycling. Heading towards the wind turbines and the Atlantic coast, take on the challenge of one of the smaller climbs on offer with your Algarve cycling week.
Espinhaco da Cao (240m) 3.5km @ 4%
Womens Cycling Training Portugal – Foia
Epic Ride Route:
Distance 80km / 50mi
Ascent 1200m 3900ft
We have not left the best for last, because they are all some of the best rides in Portugal, add on the tranquility and the sunny big blue skies of the Algarve, simply perfect. Steppingstones give the legs every opportunity for the challenge to the summit of the Algarve. The perfect ride to cap off a remarkable week of riding together.
Alto do Foia (900m) cat1 – 7.3km @ 6%
Womens Cycling Training Portugal Departure Day
Departure Time: Midday
Today is your departure day from Portugal, with a superb riding week completed it’s now time to return home, recover and adapt with a few easy days.
“Tchau” from the team at Practice Bicycle Bike Tours.
Join us for your Womens Cycling Escape – Improve, Have Fun, Smile, Laugh, Enjoy, Swap Cycling Stories…Let’s do it all again!
