The Costa Blanca or more specifically The Marina Alta Mountains surrounding Denia have long been used by Pro riders as a training base.

  Here are  few names  from the present & recent past

Miguel Indurain, Abraham Olano, Marco Pantani,  Matt White, Alex Zulla, Johan Bruyneel, Paolo Bettini. Lance Armstrong & Alberto Contador (Astana) Oscar Freire (Rabobank), Alexander Kolobnev (Saxobank ) Tom Boonen (Quickstep)

Pro rider Trent Lowe of Team Garmin has lived and trained here for the past three years.  In Feb 09 Cycle Sport magazine  asked Trent about his life on the Costa Blanca . 

""Training is fantastic around here;
it’s probably up there with the best places I have trained in around the world."
Trent Lowe. Team Garmin

This article first appeared in the May issue of Cycle Sport and is now  downloadable here courtesy of Cycling weekly & Cycle Sport magazines  www.cyclingweekly.co.uk

 

Download full Trent Lowe article here.
Courtesy of Cycling Weekly