Peter Thomson is a native Scotsman who raced with Bernard Hinault's prestigious Club Olympique Briochin in Brittany and went on to live in France for over 10 years.

'Home' for Peter and family is now Sitges, a small cosmopolitan town on the Mediterranean only 20 minutes from Barcelona and 2 hours from the Pyrenees. Being a local gives Peter distinct advantages when it comes to preparing your trip: the roads you will ride have all been carefully selected and have been ridden many times by Peter on his training runs, similarly his excellent local knowledge and contacts allow him to select the top luxury hotels that also reflect the culture and history of the region.

Peter has also lived in the US for 6 years and as a result well understands the cultural bridges that need to be crossed.

Paul Rogen, co-founder of Thomson Bike Tours, is a seasoned cyclist and traveller who anchors Thomson Bike Tours in the United States.
He holds a core belief that experiencing a foreign country by bicycle is the best way to travel - neither too fast nor too slow. He thinks the bike allows the traveller to “direct his own movie” and absorb a locale in a digestible fashion.
He is best pulling a pace line of baby boomers over winding hills and keeping a group together with good humor and savvy persistence. He is interested in all things bicycle including the history of cycling and is always heartened to meet new cyclists from all over the world. For him, Thomson Bike Tours is the perfect vehicle for that.

Eric is our native Frenchman. He discovered road cycling after having ridden most of the Mountain Bike trails around the Bay area in California. A friend suggested he try road biking which he did and this proved to be a revolution in his life. After two and half years in the US, Eric returned to Paris with his newly acquired road bike, 2 mountain bikes and 2 suit cases filled with mostly cycling clothes!

Being a Frenchman, Eric has a passion for the finer things in life. He is a grand connoisseur of good cuisine and fine wines (French of course) and loves to ride his bike through the French countryside and charming villages exploring areas that you normally miss when travelling by car. But he is most at home when the gradient starts to increase so hang on to his wheel at the bottom of each climb and don’t let go…

When Eric is not cycling, running or hiking you’ll probably find him on his small catamaran off the west coast of France.

Nancy Cantú

A key element in most of the TBT staff is their international perspective, Nancy exemplifies this as she was born in México where she lived until the age of 15. At that time she moved to Connecticut and went on to study International Relations and French at Boston College , after which she lived in Madrid and London until 2001. Before having her 3 children she worked for the BBC and The Daily Telegraph. Currently Nancy is in charge of office management, trip planning and making sure all the details are just right for each and every one of the trips.

Nancy resides in Sitges, Spain where she loves living the "International" life surrounded by a great community of foreigners (as well as locals!).

Alan is another Scot but has lived in London most of his life. An avid 55 year-old cyclist and keen follower of pro cycling, Alan was turned on to the sport by legends like Sean Kelly and Bernard Hinault back in the 80's.

Alan has worked for the last 30 years in corporate international sales & marketing and believes climbing the Tourmalet, Galibier, Alpe d’Huez and other mythic cols is worth so much more than all those seemingly important business meetings that were forgotten after 3 months.

Alan never quite made the professional cycling ranks but now enjoys helping Thomson Bike Tours guests feel like professionals with the highest level of support and personal attention in the industry.

Stefan is this amazing german guy who jump on the bike 2 weeks before a trip and you cant follow him for the rest of your week...

Andy met Peter one day on a local club run near Vilanova and now Peter can't get rid of him! First helping out on spring training in Spain then leading rides on the Alps and Pyrenees in the summer of 2007 he is now a fully-fledged "TBT-ite".

In his past-life Andy raced regularly in the UK, Belgium and Holland, now happy to survive Spanish chain-gangs and participate in sportives in Spain and France. He holds the distinction of being the first Scouser in the 2006 Mont Ventoux Cyclosportive and can shout and swear at motorists in fluent Spanish and Catalan.

Chris started road cycling in the late 1980s along the coast of Southern California where he was fortunate enough to live for ten years.

Chris's European cycling experience was a trip through Tuscany in 2005 with Thomson Bike Tours and he has returned every year since for trips to enjoy the challenges and the magnificent scenery Europe has to offer.
To support his passion for cycling, Chris works as a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
He currently reside in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee where he enjoy cycling through the Parkway, hiking the spectacular trails, and relaxing on his deck overlooking the mountains.

Kristi Eastin Formerly a professional mountain bike and road racer, Kristi now spends her days teaching Latin and Humanities courses at a university in Fresno, California.

Kristi has extensive coaching experience ranging from elite racers to beginners. She and her husband developed the cycling program for the Central California Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's "Team-in-Training" (TNT) fund-raiser, with the goal of providing professional, on-the-bike instruction and instilling a life-long love of cycling.

In her post-racing days, she and her husband traveled through Greece on bicycles; by the end of the trip (with souvenirs and bottles of wine) her bike weighed in on a train-station scale at 92 lbs. [According to her husband, Curtis, "She could pedal it, but I had to lift it off its side whenever we stopped."]

Though her current residence is not much of a destination spot in terms of tourism, Clovis sits at the foot of the great Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California, which is replete with 10 mile + climbs in pristine alpine scenery...a cyclist's dream, if you like that kind of thing.

Margaret Adams is a native Californian but really, the world is her home, and she instantly makes everyone else feel that way, too.

It was the 1992 Olympics that made Europe home base. From 1989 on, she planned, organized, and coordinated the logistics for hosting major corporate clients at the Barcelona Games. After working three Olympic Games in France, Spain, and Norway, she settled in Sitges with her Italian husband and made a family. She continues to work independently, with the Olympics (Athens 2004, Torino 2006, Beijing 2008), as well as planning other events.

Margaret joined the Thomson Bike Tour team in 2005 and has since continued to assist us with all of our trips to Italy. Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, she combines efficiency, practicality, and fun into everything she does. After nearly twenty years of travel and international business experience, Margaret understands the fine details of creating a fantastic experience in a foreign country.

Luisa is a native Spaniard, fluent in English, Spanish and French and like all Spaniards, a fan of good food and good wine. On our trips Luisa is responsible for logistics and all “off-the-bike” activities. She also provides our guests with the personal attention and support that makes the difference between a “good” bike trip and a “great” bike trip. You'll find her helping guests in the pharmacy, getting phone cards, even shopping for bottles of local wine for you to take home. She has studied, lived and worked in the US, France and Spain and has a good knowledge of the three cultures, their languages and their peoples.

Marina Garcia

Lisa was born in Germany where she studied Business Law. She has worked for JP Morgan in both London and Brussels, and for the last 4 years she has worked for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as an auditor for European subsidies. If you are interested in politics or European finance, Lisa is the person to speak with!
You will likely be encouraged and cheered on by Lisa on the side of the road while climbing! She is an avid traveler, who enjoys meeting and helping people fulfill their biking challenges and dreams.

Curtis Eastin
What does he do?
Curtis currently spends most of his time (whenever he's not riding his bike, at least) teaching Greek, Latin, Classical Greek and Roman Humanities at California State University, Fresno.

What kind of experience does he have?
During the mid-90s through 2000, Curtis worked for the Breezer/SHIMANO World Cup Mountain Bike Team, working in 1995 as the team mechanic, and for the four subsequent years as the team manager/mechanic.

Yeah, but can he ride?
Sometimes - especially when being chased. Curtis raced as a Catagory 1 during the early/mid-1980s through the early 90s before quitting cycling because of an injury and starting college. While in grad school, Curtis has been working with the Yale Collegiate Cycling Team as a coach/mentor. Since last year, Curtis took to racing in the North East where he rode for the Targettraining Elite Master's Team, competing in both master's races and in P/1/2 races. He now races with the Sierra Pacific Racing team.

What makes him happy?
A clean bike! And also, what makes him really happy is helping folks enjoy their time on the bike. As it turns out, Thomson Tours fits precisely into that formula: "Of all the cycling experiences I've been lucky enough to enjoy, TBT is at the very top of that long list. I'll always look forward to returning.""

Wes Beeman

Greg Ciocci

Greg Comen

Ex-British Special Forces, Skydiver, White water canoeist, Inter-Penitentary boxing champion & compulsive liar....... Takes photos, Sags (sometimes under the pressure of it all) & Drives.

Mike is the mainstay of our support team, he is an ex Transport Engineer in the British Air Force.
For many Mike will be first face you will likely see as you tackle the cols and he is always on hand to lend support from the van.

He is an expert on survival training and Duke of Edinburgh gold medal examiner. We are no way suggesting that a Thomson Bike Tours is a war of attrition but only last year Mike's cool temperament and experience was put to good effect when our riders hit a fierce snow storm a real "white out" on their way up the feared Gavia on our Giro Italia tour. Safety for our clients is always our number 1 priority and having a vastly experienced guy like Mike on our support team is a great asset.

He is fast becoming a legend at TBT once you meet him you don't forget him perhaps it is that Northern humour. Also he knows the Pyrenees especially like the back of his hand.

Bi, tri and uni cycles have always been a part of my life: I'm a natural! I soon discovered, however, that my skills were more in giving directions than providing power to the wheels. To me, cycling is an effortless activity.

Growing up, I realized that girls were too busy with their own bikes to push mine, so I had to ask my parents for a chauffeur. In this picture I'm waiting for Charles the chauffer to return from his lunch break.
I'm a big boy now but I still live at home. Last summer, my evil stepmother kicked me out of the house. To go play on the highway, she said. Fortunately on my way, I met these seven little friends.
They brought me with them on a fantastic trip to the Alps and the Pyrenees. I had the time of my life! I kept telling them during the trip "you'll see, one day, my princess will come".
And I was right, she came! She is now holding my hand for better and for worse
Be prepared for next summer. I'll be leading one of Thomson Bike Tours groups and you'd better be in shape, my friends. On top of that, I have a 50% less chance of getting a flat than you. So, the last one to arrive pays a round?