Gravel COURSE.
On the shores of the Grand Lac de Naussac.
GRAVEL STAY ⭐⭐⭐
ON THE BANKS OF LAKE NAUSSAC
JUST LIKE THE CAMP, ONLY BETTER.
This Gravel event is 100% fun, 100% pleasure and even a little (a lot) of slush 😇
Whatever your current level of gravel riding, this event is open to everyone. We'll be offering different maps and workshops so that everyone can have fun on and off the bike 🥰
PRESENTATION
This Gravel event is 100% fun, 100% pleasure and still a bit (a lot) of slush 😇
We've put together a top-notch team to organise this course, so you can improve your technique, get a better grasp of your riding and ride in exceptional natural areas 🔥
Different maps will be offered to suit everyone, and to discover the exceptional paths and tracks of the Margeride in Lozère, the Haute-Loire and the Haute Ardèche.
Wherever you are on your bike, you'll be able to make progress, enjoy yourself, and limit 🔥
The aim? To leave with your calves firing on all cylinders, your gravel bike full of ideas and desires 💙
FOR ALL CALVES
Gravers, gravelers, leisure cyclists or competitors, travel cyclists or adventure cyclists, vélotaff or micro-adventure cyclists, the great.des rouleurs.ses & les tranquilles, all trail lovers are welcome! There's something for everyone 🤩
🚴🏻♀️ WHAT'S INCLUDED
7 days / 6 nights in a double room with en-suite bathroom in the Domaine Hôtelier ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Full board - D-Day, lunch, dinner (balanced, gourmet meals adapted to sporting activities).
Cycling outings every day (3 maps available every day)
Shared cycling time / Yoga sessions / Workshops & conferences
Locked and secure bike room on site
☀️ WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
Journey & transport to and from the course venue (Accessible by car, free parking / Langogne station 3km away or Le Puy station 40km away, free transfer possible).
Individual drinks
Your bike, you need to bring your own bike (road or gravel bike), or hire one from your favourite bike shop ❤️
PROGRAMMING
This programme is indicative and varies and adapts to the group, the weather, the group's desires and whims 🤩
Extended beer parties & aperitifs, mechanical evenings, snack breaks at the patisserie, film evenings, the programme is up to you too 💙
DAILY BIKE OUTING | RIDING TOGETHER
3 different maps every day
All levels, different distances and D+.
Different paces offered on the maps
Ride leader on all maps, accompanied by cool cyclists: athletes, coaches and/or local cyclists who know the area.
Specific exercises to suit your needs (improving downhill, cornering, dancing, developing strength, endurance, etc.)
LOZÈRE, A PARADISE FOR DRIVING | WHAOUH
France's least populated department
Super-hot trails & deserted roads, traffic virtually non-existent
Undulating region at an altitude of 1000m, small passes to get your legs moving
Fantastic wild & natural landscapes, exceptional unobstructed views
Very pure air, zero pollution
PARCOURS VÉLO EXCEPTIONNELS | TO DRIVE MILES
15 to 90km / day
400 to 3000 D+ / day
Star route around the Domaine & Lac de Naussac
3 wonderful playgrounds: Lozère, Ardèche & Haute-Loire
SHARED TIME
Yoga and stretching sessions
Relaxation sessions
PPG and muscle strengthening
Running, jogging and walking
Swimming pool sessions for swimming or splashing about
Relaxation areas: bar & lounge area, herbal tea bar
Shared meal times
Time for discussions, exchanges and a home-like atmosphere
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
Conferences & Q&A every evening
Cycling, lifestyle, training, bikepacking, travel, diet, sleep, equipment, performance & progress...
Experience sharing
Mechanical workshops, Handling workshops
Mental preparation
🚴🏻♂️ A TYPICAL DAY
• 9 AM | WORKSHOP | COACHED SESSION
(Technique & handling in gravel, running, swimming, PPG, yoga, stretching,...)
• 11 AM | BRUNCH
• 1 PM | BIKE RIDE
(3 maps available every day - different paces - independent, unsupervised outings)
• FREE TIME
(running & hiking routes available, reading, quiet time, socialising)
• 7 PM | DINNER
• 8 PM | CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP
• 20H | CONFÉRENCE / ATELIER
DATES & TEAMS
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS ON THE PROGRAMME
We're working on it 🥰
THEME
COMING SOON
NATHALIE BAILLON
Professional athlete - Gravel & Road Cycling - Ultra & Bikepacking
JULES SERPANTIÉ
Founder @gravel_bike_france, Space Mapper, Gravel technique & handling
MAXIMILIAN SCHNELL
Adventurer & Nomad by bike, Ultra cyclist, Cartography enthusiast
NATHALIE BAILLON
Professional athlete - Gravel & Road Cycling - Ultra & Bikepacking
FOR INFORMATION, HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST EDITION IN 2024. THE 2025 SCHEDULE IS UNDERWAY 🚴🏻♀️
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS ON THE PROGRAMME
We're working on it 🥰
THEME
COMING SOON
NATHALIE BAILLON
Professional athlete - Gravel & Road Cycling - Ultra & Bikepacking
JULES SERPANTIÉ
Founder @gravel_bike_france, Space Mapper, Gravel technique & handling
MAXIMILIAN SCHNELL
Adventurer & Nomad by bike, Ultra cyclist, Cartography enthusiast
NATHALIE BAILLON
Professional athlete - Gravel & Road Cycling - Ultra & Bikepacking
IN YOUR SUITCASE
What is compulsory :
Cycling outfits - The joys of mid-range mountain biking, you'll need both short and long cycling outfits.
We recommend :
- Short shorts
- One pair of long shorts or a second pair of short shorts + leggings or one pair of short shorts + warm leggings to pull over them
- Two short-sleeved jerseys & a pair of cuffs
- Or two long-sleeved jerseys
- Or one of each for variety
- A thermal jacket
- A windbreaker & a waterproof jacket or a magic jacket that does both (I'm told in my ear that waterproofing is important, as slush is a problem...)
- Your usual warm equipment (choker - gloves - socks - overshoes - hat or earmuffs...).
- Gloves, very important gloves
The team's instructions are clear: take something to make the onion, nappies, nappies, nappies... and we'll see when you get there.
Bicycle equipment :
- Your bike, of course!
- REMEMBER TO HAVE IT SERVICED BEFORE YOU COME. It could save you a week's holiday
- Your bike shoes and pedals, adapted to gravel riding and therefore to the possibility of carrying and/or walking on the ground. If you thought you were coming with your road bike cleats, forget them!
- Helmet (no helmet, no bike, it's a menace!)
- Repair equipment (2 inner tubes AND some preventive if tubeless / Multitool / Tyre changer or even a tyre... you never know)
- Your usual supplies on the bike for 5 days, the professionals have said ‘Bring food, LOTS of it’. What happens on the trails stays on the trails.
- Your usual equipment (water bottles / anti-chafing cream / sunglasses or goggles / GPS meter...).
- For GPS counters, we'll send you a link a few days before the course with all the routes so you can download them.
A few tips from Team Orga :
For the bike, no slick tyres, we're in Lozère and we want a minimum of studs and a MINIMUM of size 38.
For cassettes, use a transmission suited to your riding style and to the Lozère region - be careful, it's uphill.
Other outfits :
- Sportswear for other activities (comfort, running, stretching, hiking, dodgeball, I hear, maybe swimming, anything is possible).
- Comfortable clothes for quiet times (herbal teas / meals / conferences). Pyjama party, the structure is all ours, pilous-pilous are welcome.
- Pyjamas (to share your room with your great future roommate)
Other accessories & goodies :
- A water bottle for communal living
- Your favourite mug for the herbal tea bar. Each to their own cup, just like at home
- A thick pair of socks or slippers to get around the building and feel at home, while keeping your toes warm.
- A shawl/blanket/light blanket and warm socks for relaxing and quiet times: we said pilou-pilou.
- A headlamp - it's always useful!
- Don't forget your toiletries kit (soap, toothbrush, etc.), as we don't have any individual products on site.
What we recommend :
- Hand washing - drying racks are available on site
- Spare change for coffee breaks, snacks, etc. during outings
- A swimming costume
- Sun cream (we said 1000m altitude)
- Bed linen and towels will be provided on arrival.
- PS : Have you forgotten something Don't worry, we're just 2 steps from the town centre, so you can do all your shopping.
PLAYGROUND
Triathlon, cycling, swimming, running, yoga, whatever the sport, the playground is exceptional & we've put together the best programmes to help you make the most of it !
THE PLACE
We welcome you in a hotel ⭐️⭐️⭐️, in double room with private bathroom.
The welcome is like home, comfortable, cozy and conducive to relaxation and sharing.
In full board, you have nothing to think about anymore we take care of EVERYTHING ✨.
Prepare your slippers, crocs, birks & your most beaus pyjamas ♥️
YOU WILL SWEAT.
SMALL PIG ON A SPIT
Historic evening at the Terrasses du Lac, every Thursday evening, conviviality settles at our table to share the pig on the spit.
We are starting to have a lot of pig evenings but our customers never get tired of it, so what do you want?
WELL-BEING & SELF-CARE
We have a partnership with Camille, a therapist specialising in sports massage & relaxation treatments. Contact her to book your moment of well-being. Camille can come to the site directly, or has her own institute in the centre of Langogne (3km away).
SMALL PIG ON A SPIT
Historic evening at the Terrasses du Lac, every Thursday evening, conviviality settles at our table to share the pig on the spit.
We are starting to have a lot of pig evenings but our customers never get tired of it, so what do you want?
WELL-BEING & SELF-CARE
We have a partnership with Camille, a therapist specialising in sports massage & relaxation treatments. Contact her to book your moment of well-being. Camille can come to the site directly, or has her own institute in the centre of Langogne (3km away).
If you have any questions, please contact Margaux on 04 66 69 29 62 or bonjour@naussac.com 💙
BY CAR
40 minutes from Charlène (Mende).
40 minutes from Le Puy en Velay.
2 hours from Claire, Céline & Christine (Lyon).
3 hours from Pédaleur (Clermont-Ferrand).
3 hours from Montpellier.
3 hours 15 minutes from Candice (Annecy).
3 hours from Nathalie (Grenoble).
3 hours 20 minutes from Marion (Marseille).
4 hours from Toulouse.
6 hours from Paris.
6 hours from Chloé (Bayonne).
BY TRAIN
Langogne station 3km away
Le Puy en Velay station 40km away
Free transfer to the hotel
COVOITURAGE
A whatsapp group is always set up on courses so that you can come together 🥳
CHECK-IN / CHECK-OUT
You can arrive at any time on the day. The room will be ready at 3pm.
On the day of departure, you can enjoy the site all day, but the room must be vacated by 10 am.
The same whatsapp group is used to exchange ideas before, during and after your stay, to plan ahead, ask all our questions and get excited 😍
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
30% deposit on order
Balance due on day of arrival
Payment possible by CB, cash, cheques and ANCV holiday vouchers.
When you register, you'll receive an email with all the details of the course & the list of essentials to pack 🤩