Our guides

Alan

Kiwi Alan came to France at a young age to race bikes. He met his wife Marie whilst racing and now spends his summer in France guiding our bike tours and his other summer (some people have all the luck!) in New Zealand where he has his own company providing personalised fly-fishing trips. Alan has been leading our French biking tours for 5 years.

Alan lives in Brittany with Marie who will often be his number two on his tours. They specialise in the Normandy, Loire, Burgundy, Dordogne and Bordeaux Tours

David

Mountain bike racer David has been a senior staff member for 3 years. Specialising in Provence, Burgundy and Sports tours, David spends the off season working as a Ski guide in the Three Valleys region of the French Alps, where he lives. Coming from a background in engineering, Dave is fanatical about the maintenance of our bike fleet!

Simon

A relative newcomer to the French Cycling team, Simon is another mountain biker, and majors in Sports tours, but also loves the culture and cuisine of the leisure tours! A French degree graduate, Simon lives in Wiltshire, England over the winter and spends the summer in France guiding bike tours for French Cycling Holidays.

John

John moved to France on retiring from his globetrotting career in finance. He and his wife Bernie have settled in the Languedoc where they have built their own house. Our longest serving guide, John has been leading bike tours in France for the last 7 years. Specialising in Provence and Languedoc, John also takes tours further afield in the Alps and Pyrénées. He spends the winter riding his bike with his local bike club in Pézenas and looking after the garden!

Roger

Roger took early retirement from a career in photography and moved to a hamlet near Angoulême. Roger spends his time guiding tours for French Cycling Holidays and also organising local self-guided cycling trips. 2010 will be Roger’s fifth season as a guide for French Cycling ; he concentrates on his ‘local’ tours – Dordogne, Bordeaux and Loire.

Jeremy

Jeremy escaped from the rat race to go travelling, and one of the nicest places he found on his travels was Montpellier in southern France, so he decided to settle in that vibrant City. 2010 will be Jeremy’s 4th season with French Cycling – specialising in his home area tours of Provence and Languedoc.

Joe

Racer Joe settled in Southern France several years ago where he met his wife Amandine. A regular competitor in sportives like the Marmotte, Joe has an impressive palmarès and is always happy to share his wisdom on how to go up mountains (very quickly!) on a bicycle.

Henry

Henry is a French Cycling regular when he can get time off from his day job as an engineer specialising in renewable energies. He is a veteran of all of our routes, and like all of our guides is totally committed to giving you a memorable cycling vacation in France.

Mike

Co-founder of French Cycling Holidays, he and partner Ruth formed the company to share his passion for good food, good wine, bicycling and all things French (not necessarily in that order) Mike is responsible for planning of the routes and selection of hotels, so if he is guiding on your trip please feel free to give him your suggestions!

Ruth

Co-founder of French Cycling Holidays, Ruth is primarily responsible for administration of the company, but when the opportunity arises loves nothing better than to get on two wheels to lead out our bicycle tours.