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Staff

Below is our USA based office/reservation staff:

Loren Loren Siekman - Scottsdale
General Manager; contracts, admin/finance, sales/marketing, technology, reservations, and TDF leader. American, former resident of Paris while working as superintendent for Disneyland construction. BS/ASU, EMT. Traveled/cycled/hiked extensively throughout France and Europe since 1988.

Magali

Magali - Scottsdale

Office Manager & Inside Sales Manager, product development. Native of Bayonne, France. Fluent in English, French, and conversational Spanish.


Florence

Florence (and baby) - Scottsdale

Product Development; creative design and marketing; professional artist & consultant. Graduate of CREPS sports university in France with 2 degrees, and ASU in Exercise Science. Native of Montpellier, France. Fluent in English and French.


Laura - Montpellier, France Office

Sales, reservations. Graduate degree in Tourism. Native of Southwestern France. Fluent in French, English, German, conversational in Spanish, Russian.


 

Elisa - Scottsdale

Paris reservations, Communications,, surveys, pass order fulfillment.


  Barbara - Scottsdale

Paris & tour reservations; more than 20 years experience in the travel industry and additional experience with French corporations.

Jean Marc - France Office/Montpellier. Pictured with his son and Eddy Merckx. Jean Marc is president of Cycling Classics and is responsible for Provence, Languedoc, Dordogne, Alpes, Pyreenees tours. He is a native Belgian and also handles logistics for Holland and Belgium. He is fluent in French, English, Dutch, Flemish and he has a degree in Oenology (wine).

  Thomas - Montpellier/Lunel Office

Logistics and bikes, vans, trailers, equipment. Our France fleet is maintained by Thomas and support staff including mechanics and reservation agents.

Italy - Marco & Giuliana
Ireland - Wilma
Spain - Saskia & Dave
Romania - Radu & Dan
Czech Republic and Slovakia - Tomas, Nada & Jackson
Hungary - Ferenc
Poland - Katarznya
England - Julia
Croatia - Daniel
Switzerland - Annie
Throughout this site, on each tour detail page you will find a picture of our local representative who will meet you and be available to you during your trip. These locals make all the difference in seeing to it that you get a localized experience and they contribute greatly to the routes and insider knowledge we seek to offer in a tour.

In France, we cover all tours through our France office. In addition to what our Montpellier office handles, we also have reps in the northern regions to help with emergency support, luggage transfers, and orientations - always speaking English.

 


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Customer Comments
'The trip was the most relaxing time I've spent in 20 years. I learned how to slow down. There were no TVs, radios, phones, internet or clocks. Just listening to the birds chatting outside the window was the music for the evening. We spent a lot of time speaking Spanish (and Catlan) while getting to know the hosts and other B & B world travelers. Thanks for a memorable vacation!'
- Mark M.
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