Not content with hosting many of the world's elite professional and amateur golfers, tennis players and footballers, La Manga Club – Europe's leading sports resort – has launched its first-ever road cycling camp.

A few weeks after the Vuelta a España passes through Murcia featuring Tour de France winner Chris Froome, Spain's La Manga Club will welcome amateur riders for a six-day cycling training camp with one objective in mind: to simulate a professional training camp.

Tracking and assistance vehicles, experienced group guides, an en-route mechanic, tests in the resort's High Performance Sport Centre and technical talks will all feature at the luxury resort, which is blessed with a great regional road network, featuring long smooth flats, challenging climbs and thrilling descents.

Taking place from September 20-26, packages cost €899 (£650 approx.) per person sharing a twin or double room. The closest airports to the resort are Murcia, a 20-minute drive, or Alicante (one hour).

Featuring a series of challenging rides on a variety of routes, with a total distance covered across the week of 635km (400 miles), the price also features daily breakfast, a welcome drink and snack on the first night and gala dinner on the final evening, refreshments including energy gels and sports drinks during rides, full cycling kit, insurance and access to the La Manga Club spa.

“We are offering a unique opportunity for cyclists of all levels to enjoy their favourite sport, being looked after like true professionals and with the bonus of the incomparable setting here at La Manga Club, as well as the privileged facilities on offer at the resort,” said Chad Harpur, sports director at La Manga Club.

The camp, which will feature a maximum of 15 people, will signal the start of a series of cycling camps at La Manga Club, with future dates set to be announced soon. The resort's enviable location (set alongside a natural park, two seas and a mining mountain range), the Mediterranean climate and an array of first-class facilities make it one of the top national destinations for cycling and triathlon, among other sports.

Set in an area three times the size of Monaco, La Manga Club is the official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and recent accolades include being named best golf hotel in Spain at both the 2014 World Golf Awards and 2015 Today's Golfer Travel Awards – for the fourth successive year.

As well as golf and tennis, the resort's other facilities include a new Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only one in mainland Spain – a new High Performance Sports Centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses.

La Manga Club is regularly chosen to host junior sports academies by some of the biggest names in sport including global football giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, while children can also enhance their sporting skills at one of the resort's own academies – with golf, tennis, cricket, rugby, football and triathlon among the activities available.

For more information about the resort and to book, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com. 

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La Manga Club
La Manga Club – www.lamangaclub.com – is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a new Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only one in mainland Spain – a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars.

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has been voted 'Best Golf Hotel/Resort in Spain' by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last four years and was named 'Best Golf Hotel in Spain' at the 2014 World Golf Awards. La Manga Club has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.

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For more information on La Manga Club contact Pete Simm on 01730 711920 or email petes@theazaleagroup.com