Riding with the sun on your back and stunning, undulating tarmac before you while those back home freeze – sounds appealing, right?

Winter training camps are becoming more and more popular as amateur cyclists follow the lead of the professionals and jet off abroad to clock some serious miles ahead of the season.

From Mallorca to Nice, and many places in between, there will be plenty of two-wheeled aficionados enjoying some great riding in Europe this winter.

We have picked out seven great destinations here. Will you be jetting off to one of them?