We got the message from Christopher Larraz that he scratched from the race. The spanish dirt paths did not well to his body. Christopher will try to reach Tarifa on nearby to the route roads.
Christopher scratched
River crossing
The damaged bridge is still closed, so Irena decided to cross the river trough the water….
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Irena had a good start and is in lead. Irena is about 40km before Bardenas Reales. Sunny and 20 degrees celsius, the gravel road already dry.
photo: media car……
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Mud to CP1
CP1 is not for free… the climb up to CP2 after heavy rain yesterday and all night long.
photo: media bike……
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Tracking ready
The tracking is ready for the 3rd Iberica-Traversa.Follow the riders here:
https://iberica-traversa.com/tracking-2021/
Media car on the way to Irun
Our media car on the way to Irun. What could possibly go wrong? The adventure has begun!
Iberica Traversa 2021
Despite the uncertain situation, we have decided to setup the tracking for both : May and September start.You can choose the date that suits you best. Both dates are the same.- MAY 2nd : start in Irun Spain ( same as 2020) finish in Tarifa.- SEPTEMBER 19th : options to finish – Tarifa or Sidi Ifni Morocco. You continue your journey on the @morocco-bikeadventure.com route, after you arrived to Tarifa (no additional registration needed).The website will be updated this weekend.The registration is open until Saturday, 10th April.
Bardenas Reales
Can you see the rider?
Photo: IT2020 – September 2020
Rider: Irena
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Aleksander talkes about Iberica-Traversa
For all of you who understand beautiful polish language, Aleksander is talking about this years Iberica-Traversa. It starts at min. 23:10…
Enjoy!
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5th rider at the start of this years Iberica-Traversa: Irena Sosinska
Irena decided 3 days before the start, to go for the Iberica-Traversa. Irena is no stranger in bikpaking, she finished the Transam Bike Race 2016 as 4th woman and traveled with her bike all over the world. So she cycled through Siberia to China, Tibet and the Mount Everest base camp. After Irena climbed Kilimandscharo with here bike, the last several months she had not much possibilities to ride here bike.
2 weeks before the start, she rode first time a mountain bike and for the Iberica-Traversa, she borrowed all the gear, bike included. Luck of training and not perfectly fittet bike, Irena scratched after 400km and 7000 vertical meter in the morning of 3th day. She liked the route a lot and was surprised about the gorgeous scenery showing up behind every corner.
“The route is beautifully/perfectly crafted. It’s a dream for every bikepacker!”
We look forward to see Irena soon again at the start line in Sain-Jean-de-Luz and wondering what othe adventures she will showup next year.
