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AG2R La Mondiale descend en masse in Denia(Image credit: Getty Images)
Deceuninck-QuickStep train in Altea(Image credit: Getty Images)
Lotto Soudal in training in Spain(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Movistar women's team in Almería(Image credit: Photo Gomez Sport)
UAE riders ready for a ride in the warm weather(Image credit: PhotoFizza / UAE Team Emirates)
Bora-Hansgrohe have been at Lake Garda(Image credit: Bora-Hansgrohe)
Alejandro Valverde and Enric Mas train with Movistar men's team in Almería(Image credit: Photo Gomez Sport)
SD Worx riders training in the team's new kit(Image credit: SD Worx)
TT training for Astana-Premier Tech(Image credit: Astana-Premier Tech)
Team DSM get ready for roll-out(Image credit: Team DSM)
Tour de France champion Pogacar relaxing in the UAE(Image credit: PhotoFizza / UAE Team Emirates)
Joao Almeida in amongst his teammates(Image credit: Getty Images)
A stop for supplies(Image credit: Getty Images)
All smiles in the QuickStep camp(Image credit: Getty Images)
Deceuninck-QuickStep's second full-team camp(Image credit: Getty Images)
Fabio Jakobsen is training again after his crash in August(Image credit: Getty Images)
QuickStep hit the hills behind Altea(Image credit: Getty Images)
World champion Julian Alaphilippe on the Benifallim climb(Image credit: Getty Images)
Oliver Naesen enjoying himself(Image credit: Getty Images)
Plenty of new faces at AG2R(Image credit: Getty Images)
Bob Jungels trains with his new teammates(Image credit: Getty Images)
Greg Van Avermaet in his new colours(Image credit: Getty Images)
Greg Van Avermaet getting to know his knew teammates(Image credit: Getty Images)
AG2R La Mondiale are in Denia(Image credit: Getty Images)
An indoor session for John Degenkolb(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Thomas De Gendt gets the layers on(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Philippe Gilbert at Lotto's camp in Spain(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Team BikeExchange are in Girona(Image credit: Team BikeExchange)
TTT training for Movistar(Image credit: Photo Gomez Sport)
Astana-Premier Tech are in Calpe(Image credit: Astana-Premier Tech)
Alexey Lutsenko enjoying a nicer day at Astana's camp(Image credit: Astana-Premier Tech)
The FDJ men's and women's teams have been out together(Image credit: FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope)
Bora-Hansgrohe have been at Lake Garda(Image credit: Bora-Hansgrohe)
New signing Romain Bardet training with his new DSM teammates(Image credit: Team DSM)
UAE riders in the desert(Image credit: PhotoFizza / UAE Team Emirates)
Marc Hirschi, Tadej Pogacar, and Alexander Kristoff(Image credit: PhotoFizza / UAE Team Emirates)
A tea break for UAE Team Emirates(Image credit: PhotoFizza / UAE Team Emirates)
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic may have thrown the off-season out of kilter, but most teams are now ramping up their pre-season preparations with full training camps.
Main pre-season camps usually take place in December but the vast majority of teams are only just getting together, due to the late finish to the 2020 season and the delayed start to 2021.
The most popular destination is the Costa Blanca in southeast Spain, with Deceuninck-QuickStep, Trek-Segafredo, Team DSM, Team BikeExchange, AG2R Citroën, Astana, and FDJ all there at the moment. Bora-Hansgrohe have bucked the trend and gone to Italy, while UAE Team Emirates are the only team not in Europe, currently in the team's native UAE.
The camps are a chance for riders to move through the gears in terms of building individual condition and working as a team.
We've gathered plenty of photos from these camps, so click or swipe through the gallery above to see how the teams are building up to 2021.
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Patrick is an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish) and a decade’s experience in digital sports media, largely within the world of cycling. He re-joined Cyclingnews as Deputy Editor in February 2026, having previously spent eight years on staff between 2015 and 2023. In between, he was Deputy Editor at GCN and spent 18 months working across the sports portfolio at Future before returning to the cycling press pack. Patrick works across Cyclingnews’ wide-ranging output, assisting the Editor in global content strategy, with a particular focus on shaping CN's news operation.
