Experience pro cycling from the inside with Sportive Breaks and Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to be right in the thick of the action as Wout van Aert battles for glory at a cobbled classic?

To see the race from the inside of a team vehicle? Or be the one at the roadside handing out bottles to the riders supporting Jonas Vingegaard as he bids for another Tour de France title?

Well now you have the chance to find out, thanks to a new partnership between Sportive Breaks and Team Visma | Lease a Bike. The deal sees cycling travel experts Sportive Breaks join forces with one of the Tour's top teams to offer fans first-hand experience of the biggest races on the calendar like never before.

A Sportive Breaks client hands out bottles at Paris Roubaix.

The list of races covered by the partnership is extensive, covering all five Monuments and all three Grand Tours, plus many more spring classics, major stage races such as Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico and a host of major Women's WorldTour races.

With the new partnership deal covering the period up to 2028, there will also be opportunities to 'ride and watch' some of the world's biggest races. These trips will involve taking part in the race's sportive one day, with all the kit the Visma | Lease a Bike riders enjoy, before watching the race with support from the team. There will also be opportunities to taste the life of a pro by joining the riders at selected pre-season training camps.

You could join Team Visma on a training camp in Alicante.

Established in 2015, Sportive Breaks has earned a reputation as one of the foremost cycling travel companies around, with experience in delivering organised trips to Europe's biggest Gran Fondos, riding holidays in Europe's great cycling playgrounds and VIP packages to major races.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike is a professional cycling team that can trace its history back to 1984. In 2023 they became the first team in cycling history to win all three Grand Tours in the same season.

"To be able to work directly with one of the biggest cycling teams on the planet, to deliver a whole new level of fan experience, is such an exciting development for us at Sportive Breaks," said Alex de Waard, director of Destination Sport Experiences/Sportive Breaks.

"Team Visma | Lease a Bike are rightly proud of their Dutch roots, but we are confident there will be a huge level of demand across the world for these opportunities."

Sander Kruis, Commercial Director of Team Visma | Lease a Bike added, "We are a team with a global fan base. Therefore, it is great to collaborate with Destination Sport. This way, we can offer even better experiences to our fans, making them truly part of our team and the action."

To celebrate the announcement, Sportive Breaks have a Visma | Lease a Bike Jersey signed by Jonas Vingegaard to give away in a free prize draw competition which you can enter here.

You can find out more about the VIP cycling experiences on offer at sportivebreaks.com.