Cycle Touring Travel Insurance

Covered on Sports Grade 1

From only £7.88 per Week

Prices from £7.88 for 1 week's cover in Europe

Travel Insurance for Cycle Touring

The rewards of cycle touring are astounding - a wonderful way to see somewhere new. Cycle touring is covered under Grade 1 Sports cover at no extra cost. This means that you are automatically covered with any of the Single, Annual or Backpacker trips. You are also covered for over 100 sports at no extra cost.

Your cover requires that you:

  • Do not compete in a timed cycle race of any sorts
  • Not take part in any form of cycle touring that is not considered amateur
  • Make sure not to unnecessarily endanger yourself

Medical Cover for Cycle Touring Injuries

Standard Essential Essential Plus Superior
Medical Expenses up to £2.5 million up to £5 million up to £5 million up to £10 million
Hospital Benefits up to £300 up to £600 up to £600 up to £1,200
Personal Liability up to £500,000 up to £1 million up to £1 million up to £2 million

For pre-existing medical conditions, other sports, business and/or wedding cover, we recommend that you add extra protection.

Safety Precautions

Some useful safety tips include:

  • Wearing appropriate protective gear
  • Using good quality sports equipment
  • Not allowing children to cycle unsupervised
  • Staying hydrated by drinking lots of water

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Add Extra Cover

You can customise your policy further with pre-existing medical condition cover, sports and a number of other specialist add-ons.

Pre-Existing Medical Conditions

Specialist cover can be added to your policy in minutes via our easy Online Medical Screening system.

Hazardous Sports and activities

If you want to play sport on holiday, make sure you do so safely by adding the correct sports grade to your policy.

100+ sports are covered at no extra cost on our policies!

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