Richard Debrot
Chief Soigneur, EuroCycler L.L.C.
An avid bicycling enthusiast and triathlete, Richard conceived the idea for EuroCycler while training in Europe. He is a Swiss national who has lived in the United States since 1995, earning his MBA degree at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School. Richard has spent the majority of his career in business development and strategic planning, guiding a number of entrepreneurial businesses to international commercial opportunities. At EuroCycler, he leads the development and implementation of business strategy, and serves as the Company's primary sales contact for the Northeastern United States. Although fluent in several languages, Richard mostly enjoys impressing Americans with his debonair German accent. And laughing as he passes them by on running trails, ski slopes and mountain stages.


Thomas Schulz
Marketing Soigneur, EuroCycler (UK) Ltd.
Thomas enjoys the distinction of being one of the few EuroCycler founding partners not to be named Richard. A fellow classmate of Richard Debrot's at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, Thomas graduated with an MBA at the top of his class. In addition to his extensive experience in strategic consulting, Thomas has also helped launch a successful internet-based business venture. A resident of London, Thomas functions as EuroCycler's primary representative in Europe while also overseeing the Company's finance and operations efforts. But mostly, he spends his time trying to forget the dehydration on a long walk with a flat bike tire out of the slick rocks of Moab, Utah, in 1995.


Dan Maker
Project Soigneur
Dan is the English version of the all-around sports guy. Already an avid snowboarder, he started cycling by accident in 1992 when he attended a club ride using the mountain bike he'd just been talked into by a friend. Instantly hooked, he began his cycling career and in rather short order found himself competing in amateur and elite events internationally. For a couple of years, he spent all his time competing in Normandy, gathering up more than 50 top 3 placements and 25 race wins in a show of friendly English competition. In 1997, he hung up his wheels to marry the woman he loves just slightly more than his bike, but he just couldn't get passion for the open road out of his system. Even with two delightful children and a successful marketing consultancy, Dan still tests his paces on the trusty bike and manages to spend enough time on a snowboard to be a world-class instructor. Dan lives or travels between Florida and England and runs his own consulting firm for motorcycles manufacturers.


Amir Vitis
Project Soigneur
Amir is a bicycle guide of some repute, not least for his infinite knowledge of mixing Caipirinhas. It's an undisputed fact that he holds the world's first phD in après-cycling. A multi-talented man, Amir speaks fluent English, French, German and Hebrew, which enables him to chat up exotic beauties around the world and brings the EuroCycler team a wonderful range of cultural insights.
He's a cyclist and triathlete whose bikes have travelled many miles over roads that criss-cross the globe. Amir wrangles high-school students during the school year and brings his expertise in giving tests to his passion for cycling during the season. He conducts cycling performance tests with athletes and will be of help to EuroCycler guests who are looking for insights on their training.


Ascanio de Vogüé
Consulting Soigneur
If Napoleon had had Ascanio to coordinate his movements, we'd all be speaking French. Ascanio was born and still lives in Paris where he runs his event management company and organizes grand scale events for a long list of corporate and private clients. His work for EuroCycler begins every October, right after the new course of the Tour de France is announced. Diligently, he pieces together a plan that brings EuroCycler guests to the most compelling and memorable Tour experience. During the Tour, Ascanio works behind the scenes to coordinate transportation and other arrangements for EuroCycler while the rest of us worry about how we're going to make it up the mountains.