Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort has become an international point of reference for the cycling elite, hosting training camps for top-level professional and amateur teams throughout 2025, including the powerful Team Visma Lease a Bike and Polti Visit Malta, and being joined this year by the outstanding Ineos Grenadiers.
Both its location and services have made it a regular destination for training and the winter stages for teams from all over Europe, thanks to the privileged environment and facilities specifically designed to meet the highest demands in high-performance sport.
In 2025, the resort hosted teams like Team Visma Lease a Bike and Polti Visit Malta (professional and junior), as well as holding cycling events like the TotalEnergies Gran Fondo Alberto Contador.
These groups stay here around December and January, making Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort the European epicentre for cycling, when the weather here lets them take advantage of mountain and coastal routes within a 100-kilometre radius. The Ineos Grenadiers have now joined this list of international exemplaries, confirming the trust placed in the complex by major organisations.
The Hotel Oliva Nova provides all the necessary services for cycling professionals: an exclusive vehicle park for their fleet of trucks, a Technogym and a wellness centre with spa, ice baths and sports treatments, all of which helps the physiotherapists to optimize the teams’ recovery and rest at the end of days of intense training.
The environs, with their low-traffic roads, varied terrain, and legendary mountain passes, is ideal for planning both pre-season and post-season training for the UCI World Team and Pro Team. So much is this so that the four-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogaçar’s personal Strava profile shows mountain passes in the area such as the Coll de Rates.
The strategic location between sea and mountains, along with the accommodation, restaurant and relaxation services, has convinced teams from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary and Spain to choose Oliva Nova for their preparation year after year.
THE RISE OF CYCLE TOURISM
More and more tour operators are opting to organise cycling holidays for amateur groups who know where their idols train, and also the facilities where they have been training for several seasons.
Companies like Sporta Bike have broadened their range of services for people from all over the globe, making the most of the 300 days of sunshine a year the region enjoys, and the amenities and elite experience at Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort.
The resort’s facilities are cementing their position as the European hub for elite cycling.
