About us
We established Velocamp Mallorca with a clear mission: to give everyday recreational cyclists a week that feels like they’ve stepped inside the pro peloton, with zero stress and all the support.
Everything that follows (the villa in Alaró, the roads from the doorstep, the way we structure a week) comes out of that one idea. This page explains who we are and how we got here.
Meet Alex: The Road Behind Velocamp
I’m Alex, originally from the UK, and I’ve called Mallorca home since 2017. Like many people, I came here for the lifestyle, but it’s the mountains, the roads, and the pure joy of riding through nature that truly changed my life.
It was here, on the quiet backroads and epic climbs of the Tramuntana mountains, that I discovered my love for road cycling. What started as a way to stay fit quickly became a passion, and that passion grew into a dream: to build a place where others could experience the same magic of riding here that I did.
Velocamp is that dream come to life. It combines everything I love: performance, community, nature, and the rhythm of a week dedicated to nothing but the bike. I created this camp for riders like you, who want to feel stronger, ride smarter, and fall in love with cycling all over again.
Guides
The team who lead the way, answer your questions, and keep you motivated.
Alexandre
Alexandre is the kind of guide who is always exactly where he needs to be. On a tough climb he will be right at the back, riding with the last person, making sure nobody feels alone or left behind. But when the group needs someone strong at the front, he is equally at home there. He adapts without any fuss, and guests rarely even notice how deliberately he is looking after them.
Originally from Brittany in northwest France, he spent several years living and riding in Mallorca before returning home to pursue his career as a civil and marine engineer. He comes back regularly though, and when he does, he guides for Velocamp.
By training he is a scientist, and that shows in how he operates on the road. He is calm, observant, and genuinely interested in the people around him. Guests who are a little nervous or not sure they can handle the bigger climbs tend to find him particularly reassuring. He has a natural instinct for reading a group and a lot of patience, and he never makes anyone feel like they are holding things up.
As a cyclist he is seriously accomplished. He has completed the Mallorca 312 Gran Fondo and recently finished a Mont Ventoux challenge covering 400 kilometres and 10,000 metres of climbing in under 36 hours. He knows the roads around Alaró and the Serra de Tramuntana extremely well and is a well known and well liked figure among the local riding community on the island.
Almost every feedback form we receive mentions him by name. That says it all really.
Phil
Phil has been living and riding in Mallorca for over 25 years, based in Pollença in the north of the island. At this point the roads are simply part of him. He knows every climb, every descent, every shortcut and every café worth stopping at, and that kind of local knowledge is something you genuinely cannot fake or rush.
He is a professional cycling coach by trade, with a specialism in endurance and ultra endurance riding across road, mountain bike and gravel. But what guests tend to remember about Phil is not his coaching credentials. It is the company. He is one of those people who can talk to anyone, about anything, and make it feel effortless. Football, rugby, sport in general, life on the island, cycling, food, you name it. Groups find their rhythm with him quickly, and long climbs have a way of feeling shorter when Phil is there.
He has been based in Mallorca long enough to feel completely at home here, but he has held onto enough of his English warmth that guests from the UK, the US, Canada and beyond tend to connect with him straight away. Patient, knowledgeable, funny and genuinely passionate about helping people enjoy their riding, he is one of those guides that guests ask about before they have even arrived.
Toni
Toni is the real thing. Born and raised in Mallorca, he grew up riding these roads and has been racing with his local club in the north of the island for years. When he tells you about a climb, a village, a café or a shortcut, it is not because he read about it somewhere. It is because he has ridden past it a hundred times and probably has a personal best on the segment.
He is young, fast and genuinely competitive, which means the stronger riders in the group get someone worth riding next to. He will happily push the pace when the legs are there for it. But he is equally comfortable at the back, riding easy with whoever needs company, and guests who are less experienced often find him surprisingly easy to talk to. He has a good sense of humour, a natural curiosity about people, and a habit of making the climbs feel a bit more manageable just by being there.
Guests love asking him questions. About the island, the food, the culture, the history, the best spots that do not make it into the guidebooks. He tends to have an answer for all of it. That combination of local knowledge, genuine warmth and a slightly mischievous competitive streak makes him one of those people that guests remember long after the camp is over.
Lisa
Lisa is one of those riders who makes the rest of the group quietly raise their game without even realising it. German by origin and based in Mallorca for several years, she became one of the most well known and well respected female cyclists on the island's group riding circuit, and anyone who has ridden alongside her will understand why. She is strong, consistent and completely at home on the climbs that intimidate everyone else.
She has guided for Velocamp across mixed and female groups, and her ability to hold a group together without it ever feeling like she is herding people is something guests consistently notice. She is warm, encouraging and genuinely invested in how everyone in the group is getting on. The riders who come to camp slightly unsure of themselves tend to leave with a lot more confidence, and Lisa is often a big part of that.
She has since relocated to France, but Mallorca and Velocamp have a way of pulling people back, and we very much hope to have her guiding with us again when she returns. If you get a week with Lisa in the group, you are lucky.
Max
Max is originally from Maine in the United States, but he has called Spain home for more than four years and is now based in Mallorca. He spends most of his time on the bike, exploring the island's climbs, quiet back roads and the small villages that give Mallorca its strong sense of identity. He is drawn to the rhythm of the place, the way the landscape shifts from sea to mountains to farmland within a single ride.
His background is in hospitality and tourism, including time working on luxury yachts where attention to detail and anticipating guests' needs was simply part of the job. He later completed a master's degree in Wine Tourism, studying and making wine across Spain, France and Portugal. Working harvests and spending time in vineyards gave him a deeper understanding of how landscape, culture and craft come together to shape a place, and that sensibility carries into how he guides.
Outside of riding he is thoroughly embedded in Mallorcan life, whether that is the village café, the local winery, a long evening with good food and good conversation, or something a bit more spontaneous. When he is guiding for Velocamp, his goal is simple: to help guests feel comfortable, confident and genuinely connected to the island they are riding through.
Chefs
Experts to provide nutrition, energy, and culinary delight throughout your stay.
Philipp
Philipp is a private chef with a serious culinary background. He trained under Dieter Koschina, one of the most respected Michelin-starred chefs on the Iberian Peninsula, and that grounding in quality and precision shows in everything he puts on the table. His cooking is rooted in Mediterranean and Spanish flavours, with a modern touch and a clear sense of what actually tastes good rather than what simply looks the part.
He holds an ICEX certification from Restaurants from Spain and is an AEVO-certified culinary trainer and mentor. Most recently he won the German television cooking competition Mein Lokal, Dein Lokal, which gives you a pretty good idea of how his food goes down with people who know what they are talking about.
At Velocamp, his menus are built around what cyclists actually need after a long day on the bike. Fresh, carefully prepared, properly nourishing and genuinely good to eat. Guests who arrive expecting standard camp food tend to leave having been very pleasantly surprised.
Manuel
Manuel is a German chef based in Palma de Mallorca, with a fine dining background that took him through some of the most respected kitchens in Germany. He trained at Süllberg under Karl Heinz Hauser, one of Germany's most decorated chefs, and went on to work at Tim Mälzer's restaurant Bullerei in Hamburg before progressing through Chef de Partie and Head Chef roles across Germany and Spain.
What makes him a particularly good fit for Velocamp is that he is not just a chef. He is also a certified personal trainer, which means he understands what the body needs to perform and recover. The food he prepares is not just good to eat, it is properly thought through from an athletic standpoint. Fresh ingredients, proper nutrition, and the kind of meals that actually help you come back stronger the next morning.
He is fluent in German, Spanish and English, which makes him easy company around the table regardless of where guests are from. He brings a calm, professional approach to the kitchen and a genuine pride in what he puts on the plate.
Karim
Karim grew up in Lebanon and has been based in Mallorca for years, and that combination comes through clearly in his cooking. His food is rooted in Lebanese tradition but draws freely from Mediterranean and international influences, resulting in meals that feel fresh and considered rather than predictable. He cooks entirely from scratch, sources locally wherever possible and has a genuine aversion to anything processed. For a week where what you eat matters as much as how you train, that philosophy fits naturally.
He has spent over a decade working as a private chef across residences, retreats and private members' clubs, which means he is completely at ease in the kind of intimate, high-expectation environment that Velocamp runs. He is used to adapting menus around different dietary needs and performance requirements, and he handles everything from planning and sourcing to preparation and service without any fuss.
He speaks English, French, Arabic and Spanish, which makes him easy company for guests from just about anywhere. Around the table after a long day on the bike, that matters more than people might expect.
Inge
Inge is Belgian, based in Mallorca, and has spent her entire career cooking in private residences and luxury environments. She started as a Sous Chef in Michelin-starred restaurants and five-star hotels across Belgium before moving into private chef work, which has taken her from Madrid to the South of France, Cornwall, the Swiss Alps and back to Mallorca. She has cooked for high-profile families in their homes and on their yachts, which means she is quietly very good at reading what a group needs without having to be asked.
Her culinary range is broad, covering gourmet Mediterranean cooking, innovative vegan and vegetarian menus, and specific nutritional requirements. She holds a Macrobiotic Cooking Diploma from the SHA Wellness Clinic, one of Spain's most respected medical wellness centres, which gives her a genuine grounding in food as fuel rather than just food as pleasure. At a cycling camp, that distinction matters.
She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Dutch and Italian, which means she has rarely met a guest she cannot talk to. Warm, professional and quietly attentive, she is the kind of chef who makes a week feel genuinely looked after from the moment breakfast appears to the last thing on the table at dinner.
Support
The Velocamp support van is never far away, with spares, fuel, and assistance.
Matt
Every great cycling camp has someone behind the scenes who makes everything run smoothly, and at Velocamp that person is Matt. Originally from the UK and now firmly rooted in Mallorca, he is the friendly face that appears exactly when you need him most, whether that is at the top of a long climb with cold water and snacks, alongside you on a tough ascent, or waiting patiently at the finish with whatever the group needs next.
Matt is one of those people who never has to be asked twice. He anticipates what riders need before they realise they need it, keeps the van stocked, the bottles filled and the group moving, and does all of it with a warmth and reliability that guests consistently comment on. Away from the road he is a good friend, a trusted member of the team, and currently preparing for one of life's biggest adventures with a new addition to his family on the way.
Velocamp Physiotherapists
Recovery is a vital part of making sure you are ready to get back on your bike the next day, next week, and even your next cycling holiday.
Michael
There are people you meet in a week who you forget by the time you get home. Michael is not one of them. Our physiotherapist is, without question, one of the most talked about parts of the entire Velocamp experience, and the feedback we receive after every camp makes it very clear why.
Michael is a highly qualified physiotherapist with a background that spans major hospitals and professional sports teams at national level, working with elite athletes across multiple disciplines. What he brings to Velocamp is that same level of expertise, applied to cyclists of all abilities in a personal, one-to-one setting. He does not just keep your legs working through a hard week of riding. He finds things. Long-standing back problems, hip mobility issues, knee niggles that have been dismissed or unsuccessfully treated for years. In a handful of sessions he regularly makes progress that guests simply were not expecting. It comes up in almost every single feedback form we receive.
You have a physio session included every day during your camp week. Most guests choose to add additional sessions and a number of guests have been so taken with what Michael has done for them, that they have offered to fly him to the United States, Brazil and to India, to continue working with them privately. That tells you everything you need to know.
If the riding is why you book, Michael might be why you come back.
Oscar
Born and raised on Mallorca, Oscar brings something no qualification can teach, a genuine, lifelong connection to this island and the people on it. He is the kind of person who walks into a room and lifts the energy immediately, always laughing, always curious about whoever is in front of him.
He holds a degree combining sport science and physiotherapy from UDL and works in clinical physiotherapy alongside his work with Velocamp. That hospital background means his experience goes well beyond sports rehabilitation, and when he is assessing a guest after a big day in the saddle, he is drawing on a much broader foundation than most people in his role.
Running is his obsession. Oscar is a serious mountain and trail runner who places consistently well in competitions against fields that include many full-time athletes. He also rides, so when a guest wants to talk through how their body feels on a climb or through the final hour of a long day, he follows every word.
His English is excellent and he genuinely loves getting to know guests. By the end of a Velocamp week, most people feel like they have known him far longer than a few days.
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