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Xavier Lopez, owner of Bike Basque:

Xavier was a high-end competitive cyclist for eight years. Balancing racing his bicycle and his studies was a challenge, but he successfully completed a business degree before heading to London. During his stay, he realized just how popular cycling in the UK had become. His passion for cycling naturally progressed into organizing cycling holidays for bicycle lovers all over the world.

Behind the Bike Basque name

Born and raised in Paris, Xavier spent most of his holidays in the Basque Country with extended family that lived in the region. When he was 15, his immediate family purchased a vacation home in Biarritz, and that was when he started cycling and really began to discover the sheer beauty and the enormous variety of cycling the region had to offer. He started organizing training camps from his Biarritz home during the summer and in the springtime. Since then, he has developed a real knowledge of the region and knows the most attractive roads and locations for cycling.

Darren Benson, Bike Basque guide:

Darren is an accomplished distance runner, cyclist (and humorist!).  He has been racing around the Globe for over 20-years, in Australia, France, Hong-Kong, including the famous Australian race “Herald Sun Tour”, he is now based in France, guiding cycling tour and running his guest house “Chambre du Pont de la Légende” in Sauveterre-de-Béarn.

You can take a peak at what he has been up to of late on his Strava “Darren Benson”.