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The PIRINEXUS 360 CHALLENGE and Half P360 GRAVEL
04/04/2016
Complete info, in English: http://www.thepirinexus360.com
The PIRINEXUS 360 Challenge is currently a personal non-stop challenge of 350km. Participants have 20 hours to make an itinerary that leaves the city of Girona goes through Olot, crosses the border at the mountain pass of Ares, passes through the French village of Ceret and comes back to Catalonia at La Jonquera. Them,. Goes into the Empordà plain to the sea, visits Calonge and returns to Girona.
This route passes through all types of terrain, tarmac roads, many gravel tracks and some urban zones. All bikes are allowed, although probably the most appropriate are the gravel or the cyclo-cross bikes. Road bikes with 28 (or 25) tyres and mountain bikes 29’ wheels with slicks.
The route can be done alone or in relays. For those that consider the route to be too long, there is the short version: The Half P360 Gravel. 125 km and 500 meters of elevation gain.