You're not booking a hotel room. You're moving into a villa.
Camp headquarters is Can Martinoy, a luxury country house on the edge of Girona: recently renovated, a 10 minute walk from the old town, with a private pool, gardens, panoramic views of the city and its cathedral, and room for the whole camp under one roof.
We could have booked a block of hotel rooms. We didn't, because recovery is half of training and it deserves better than a hotel hallway. At the villa you get space: stretch your legs in the garden after the ride, coffee on the terrace, dinner together at one big table, and a quiet countryside room to sleep hard in. Ride all morning, live well all afternoon.
Five days of Girona's best gravel, built like a training block
Frank curated these five routes the way he'd design a training camp block for a coached athlete: shake out, then the two biggest days while your legs are freshest, then the climbing day, then an easy greenway spin to finish. And between the rides, you and Frank are sketching your 2027 annual training plan, so the week ends with more than tired legs.
You flew in, you built your bike, now we spin the travel out of your legs. An easy lap on the Ter river greenways with a few openers to wake things up. This is also where the coaching starts: we'll dial your tire pressure for Girona gravel, sort the groups, and talk through what the week is going to ask of you.
Short on purpose. Save it. Tomorrow is the reason you came.
The big one, ridden while you're freshest. Out across the Empordà plains through villages that look like film sets because they basically are: Púbol, where Dalí bought his wife a castle, Monells and its arcaded square, La Bisbal. Then over the Gavarres and down to the Mediterranean at Sant Feliu de Guíxols for an espresso on the seafront. The ride home goes over Els Àngels, Girona's other benchmark climb, before rolling back into the old town.
Yes, it's the biggest day of the week, and it comes second on purpose: yesterday calibrated the legs, today spends them while they're fresh. The sea at halfway, an espresso on the seafront, and two honest climbs between you and dinner. Bring an empty memory card.
The camp's marquee ride. We ride the complete Traka 100 route: the paved climb out of Girona where the race splits apart, the famous loose first descent that decides more results than any climb on the course, and the Gavarres singletrack finale that finds out whose skills are real.
This is not a tour of the course. It's a coached recon. We'll talk pacing at race speed versus training speed, where the front group forms, where you can feed, and what tire and gearing choices we'd make for race day. Six months from now, when everyone else is studying the route map, you'll already know what the descent feels like under your own hands.
The climbing day. Rocacorba is Girona's benchmark test climb, the one the pros use to check their numbers, and you'll ride it with a coach who can tell you what your numbers mean. Around Lake Banyoles the terrain is rolling and fast, and then comes the decision point.
The strong group takes the gravel back side of Camí de Biert: 5 km at 10%, with ramps to 23%. Those ramps are honest. This is the day to run a 34T ring and the biggest cassette you own, and we'll say it again before you pack your bike.
Four days of riding deserve a gentle last one. The Carrilet is an old rail line turned buttery gravel greenway, climbing so gently up the Ter valley you barely notice it. We roll it as a group to Amer and drink coffee in a medieval plaza that hasn't changed in centuries.
Legs feeling good? There's an optional climb from Anglès toward Sant Hilari, a real Traka 200 sector, for anyone who wants one last helping of race recon. Everyone else keeps it social. Both answers are correct. You'll roll home with nearly 400 kilometers in your legs and your 2027 annual training plan in hand.
What's included
Coaching, every day
- All five rides coached and led by Frank Overton, FasCat founder and head coach
- Daily ride briefings: pacing, gearing, tire pressure, fueling
- Your 2027 annual training plan (ATP), built with Frank during camp week
- Routes you'd never find on your own, Traka sectors included
Lodging & meals
- Can Martinoy, a private luxury villa 10 minutes from the old town
- Breakfast every morning and chef-prepared dinners at the villa
- Share a double room and save $400
Support on every ride
- Airport shuttles to and from BCN on set days and times, for riders and bike boxes
- Support vans and local guides on the road, sized to the group
- Daily ride support: sag wagon, mechanical help en route, and daily bike maintenance (spare parts not included)
- Ride nutrition: energy and electrolyte drink mix, bars, gels, and recovery powder after
- Real ride food too: bananas, dried fruit, chips and salty snacks, water, soft drinks
Pricing & booking
- $5,250 per rider, or $4,850 sharing a double room
- 1x1 coached athletes save $900 and CoachCat athletes save $500 with a code at checkout
- Rental gravel bike available for $600
- Airfare is not included
Ride with Frank. Fly home with your 2027 plan.
Your coach for the week is Frank Overton, FasCat founder and head coach, the coach who named sweet spot training. He's spent over two decades preparing athletes for the biggest gravel races in the world, from Unbound to The Traka, and he leads every ride at this camp. That's the difference between a camp and a bike tour: your rides get coached while they happen, pacing on the climbs, line choice on the descents, fueling before you bonk instead of after.
And here's the part no bike tour can offer: you go home with your 2027 season planned. During camp week, you and Frank build your annual training plan (ATP) around your goal events, so the day you land, your training has direction. Whether the goal is your first gravel century or a podium in May, the plan is built by the coach who just watched you ride for five days. Our gravel training plans and 1:1 coaching pick up right where the ATP starts.
Girona Gravel Camp FAQ
What bike and tires should I bring?
A gravel bike with 40 to 45 mm tires. Girona gravel is mostly smooth and fast, but the Traka 100 first descent and the Gavarres singletrack reward the wider end of that range, and we'll fine-tune pressures together on day one.
Gearing matters more than tires on this camp: Friday wants a 34T ring with a big cassette. The 23% gravel ramps on Camí de Biert are honest, and grinding up them overgeared is a mistake you only make once.
How fit do I need to be?
The two big days come early, while your legs are freshest: the Wednesday coast loop (about 138 km) and the Traka 100 (97 km) on Thursday, ridden at your pace, in a group matched to your ability. The week still averages out very manageable: two of the five days are deliberately light, because we built this like a training block, not a suffer contest. If you can comfortably ride 3 to 4 hours, you can do this camp, and the harder options are there when your legs say yes.
Want to arrive sharper? Start one of our gravel training plans 6 to 8 weeks out, and read up on how to ride multi-day events.
What if it rains?
We planned around it. November in Girona averages a 17°C (63°F) high with about 77 mm of rain, but averages don't tell you when it rains, so we pulled the daily records for 2020 through 2025. Rain clusters in the week before our dates, November 10 onward was mostly dry in 4 of the 6 years, and no year was a washout. That's why camp starts on the 10th.
If it rains anyway: the opening spin and the Saturday greenway are all-weather, and the coast day has paved options the whole way. If the Gavarres singletrack is soaked on the Traka day we swap in the Els Àngels doubletrack alternate, and the Traka and Rocacorba days can flip. You may get a wet ride. You will not lose a ride.
What does a camp day look like?
Rides roll at 9:30 to 10am, after the morning fog off the Banyoles plain burns off. November gives Girona about 10 hours of daylight with sunset around 5:30pm, so every ride is back at the villa well before dark, with time for coffee on the terrace, a shower, and dinner in the old town.
Can I rent a bike instead of flying with mine?
Yes. A high-end gravel rental is $600 for the week, and we'll arrange it for you, fit and ready when you arrive. Girona is one of the easiest places in the world to rent a great bike, so skipping the bike box is a legitimate strategy.
How do I get to Girona?
Fly into Barcelona (BCN). Airport shuttles run to and from BCN on set days and times for riders and bike boxes, and they're included in the camp. Airfare itself is not included.
Is this a Traka prep camp?
No, it's a Girona gravel camp. Five coached days of Girona's best gravel at the calmest, most beautiful time of year to be there. It so happens that two of our routes ride sectors of the Traka course, including the full Traka 100 route, so if that race is on your 2027 calendar the course knowledge comes free with the trip, and your annual training plan gets built around it. Plenty of campers will come for the riding and leave with a race on their calendar.
November 10 to 14, 2026. Five days of the best gravel in Europe.
Spots are limited to keep the group small enough for real coaching. Ride the best gravel in Europe with Frank, then start your 2027 season with a plan he built for you.
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