Custom Cycling Tours
Your group. Your dates. Your perfect cycling trip
Whether you already have a dream route in mind or simply know the kind of riding you want to experience, we can create a fully supported cycling tour around your group.
Tell us where you would like to ride, how many days you have, the level of challenge you are looking for and the style of accommodation you prefer. We will take care of the routes, hotels, transfers, luggage and on-the-road support.
Velo Ventoux has been organising private and tailor-made cycling tours since 2002, from short breaks in the French Alps to multi-day adventures through Provence, the Dolomites and beyond.
How It Works
Tell us about your group
Let us know your preferred dates, group size, riding experience and what you would like from the trip.
We design the tour
We build an itinerary around your goals, including daily routes, accommodation, transfers and support.
You ride — we take care of the rest
Our team handles the logistics, luggage and mechanical support, leaving you free to enjoy the cycling.
Start Planning Your Tour
Custom tours are available for private groups, clubs and groups of friends. Dates are flexible and every itinerary is built individually.
Send us a few details about your group and the type of trip you have in mind, and we will come back to you with some initial ideas.
Highlights
✓ Your Tour, Your Way – Every itinerary is tailored to your group.
✓ Complete Flexibility – Choose your dates, destinations and level of support.
✓ Handpicked Accommodation – Comfortable, cyclist-friendly hotels we’ve personally selected.
Dates
Flexible from April until the end of October. Contact us for availability.
Pricing
Because every tour is tailor-made, prices vary depending on the itinerary, accommodation, group size and level of support required.
Get in touch with your ideas and we’ll prepare a personalised quotation.
What's included
✓ Bespoke itinerary designed around your group
✓ Comfortable accommodation with breakfast
✓ Airport transfers (where applicable)
✓ Luggage transfers on point-to-point tours
✓ Support vehicle (where required)
✓ GPX routes and navigation
✓ Mechanical assistance
✓ Experienced local ride support
✓ Pre-tour advice and planning
✓ Flexibility throughout your trip
Not included
✓ Evening meals – we leave these flexible so you can choose from the excellent local restaurants and cafés.
✓ Flights
✓ Travel insurance
✓ Personal expenses
Bourg d'Oisans - The Heart of the French Alps
Bourg d’Oisans is the perfect base for a short cycling break, with some of the world’s most iconic climbs right on the doorstep. We work with carefully selected, cyclist-friendly accommodation and can tailor trips from three nights to a full week.
Highlights include:
✓ Alpe d’Huez
✓ Col du Glandon & Col de la Croix de Fer
✓ The stunning road to La Bérarde
✓ Col d’Ornon & Col de Morte
Bourg d’Oisans is easily reached via Lyon or Geneva airports, with transfer times of around 1½ hours.
For riders looking for an even bigger adventure, we can also create a two-centre tour, combining Bourg d’Oisans with Valloire. This allows you to tackle the legendary Marmotte route over two unforgettable days, including the Col du Glandon, Col du Télégraphe and Col du Galibier.
For those wanting to explore further, we also organise tours based around Briançon and Barcelonnette, giving access to classics such as the Col d’Izoard, Col de Vars and the Cime de la Bonette.
The Dolomites – Italy's Most Spectacular Mountains
The Dolomites offer some of the most breathtaking cycling anywhere in Europe, with dramatic scenery, perfectly engineered mountain roads and legendary climbs around every corner.
Whether you’re looking for a long weekend or a week exploring the region, we’ll create a bespoke itinerary using carefully selected cyclist-friendly hotels.
Highlights include:
✓ Passo Giau
✓ Passo Falzarego
✓ Passo Valparola
✓ Passo Pordoi
✓ Passo Sella & Passo Gardena (the famous Sella Ronda)
✓ Tre Cime di Lavaredo
The Dolomites are easily reached from Venice, Verona or Innsbruck airports, depending on your chosen itinerary.
For those wanting to experience even more, we can design point-to-point tours linking several of the region’s most iconic mountain passes, allowing you to discover different valleys, villages and landscapes each day.
Ardèche & the Cévennes – Hidden Roads, Endless Adventure
For riders looking to escape the crowds, the Ardèche and Cévennes offer some of the finest cycling in southern France. Quiet roads, dramatic gorges, rolling mountains and picturesque villages combine to create an unforgettable cycling experience.
Whether you prefer a fixed-base holiday or a point-to-point adventure, we’ll design an itinerary to suit your group.
Highlights include:
✓ The spectacular Gorges de l’Ardèche
✓ Mont Gerbier de Jonc – source of the River Loire
✓ Mont Aigoual
✓ The Corniche des Cévennes
✓ Beautiful medieval villages and quiet mountain roads
✓ Exceptional local food and wine
The region is easily accessible from Lyon, Montpellier or Marseille airports, depending on your itinerary.
For those wanting a longer adventure, we can create tours linking the Ardèche and Cévennes with Provence or Mont Ventoux, combining legendary climbs with some of France’s most beautiful and least-discovered roads.
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Tour Quick Questions
Yes, subject to availability. There will be a single occupancy supplement and the cost for this is with the itinerary for each particular tour.
On the first day, after you have assembled your bike we will store all bike boxes until the last day of the tour when you need to dismantle your bike.
Please ensure that there is nothing left in your bike box/bag that you will need during the week because you won’t have access to it.
We plan our tours to coincide with the optimum time of year to get the best weather. The Alps tours are run in July, the end of August and early September when the high passes are guaranteed to be open. With tours through Provence we have more flexibility and can run these through May, June and the end of September.
Neverthless, any kind of weather can be experienced at any time, especially in the High Alps.
90% of the time your regular summer kit will suffice so bring at least two full sets of kit so you have a clean kit every day..
- Summer base layer
- 2 x Jersey
- 2 x bib shorts
- gilet
- arm warmers
- leg warmers
- socks
- mitts
- helmet
- sunglasses
- lightweight rain cape / windstopper
We also recommend you bring a set of cold weather gear:
- 1 x longs
- 1 x long sleeve jersey
- under helmet bonnet
- long finger gloves
- overshoes
You need a good level of fitness for our Alpine tours, especially The Raid. 4 – 5 hours riding time in the high Alps every day is tough.
The tour from Ventoux to Nice is hilly but less challenging. We can provide help and advice with your fitness.
Yes of course. We have GPX files for your GPS devices and we can email them to you prior to the tour start date.
We always stop for lunch mid-ride to re-fuel. If we know of a good tried and tested snack bar or restaurant where the turnaround is quick and the food is good and suitable for cyclists we will book ahead for the group. Often in the Alps and Provence by mid-day we can be “in the middle of nowhere” so a roadside picnic will be provided at the side of the road.
You will be informed each day of what the lunch options are.