Author: mogwai

Thanks to all and each one who took time to be a part of this year’s Iberica Traversa edition.

Special thanks to roadies for the trust to ride the inaugural road route. It was our pleasure to be on the route with you all!

The next start of Iberica-Traversa will be in

September:

Gravel & trails route 24..09.2023

Road route 25.09.2023

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Huge congratulations to Joost who finished the inaugural Iberica Traversa road route yesterday afternoon.

On day 3 he had an injury on his ankle but it didn’t stop him from climbing Pico del Veleta. He took a day off in Granada and despite all that happened, he managed to finish in an impressive time!

That was also his very first ultra!

Well done!

11 days 10 hours

1800km

30,000m

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The third finisher of the inaugural Iberica Traversa road route arrived at the finish in Tarifa today at 15:46

Congratulations to Luigi Aliverti!

10 days 7 hours

1800km

30,000m

Grande Gigio!

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We have the third finisher of the Iberica-Traversa southbound 2022!

Dick Ayres has arrived at the finish in Tarifa yesterday at 16:43

What a ride!

10 days 8 hours

1700km

CONGRATULATIONS!

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Ed Tapp arrived at the finish in Tarifa yesterday at 22:16.

He is the second finisher of the Iberica Traversa southbound 2022.

Great job! Stage 1 completed!

8 days 14 hours

1700km

CONGRATULATIONS!

See you soon at the start of Morocco-BikeAdventure

Congratulations to Erik Phalet who arrived in Tarifa only an hour after Renato.

He is the second finisher of the inaugural Iberica Traversa road route.

Well done Erik.

Chapeau!

7 days 8 hours

1800km

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Congratulations to Renato Castagnoli!

The first finisher of the inaugural Iberica Traversa road route arrived yesterday at 15:30

7 days 7 hours

1800km

Grande Renato!

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The first finisher of the Iberica Traversa southbound 2022 arrived yesterday at 12:28

What an amazing ride of Bart Denys who was untouchable since CP1!

That was his first ever ultra adventure, very impressive!

8 days 4 hours

1700km

CONGRATULATIONS!

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Today three riders came through the last checkpoint on the route. Erik and Renato are now riding out of Ronda onto the last stretch to Tarifa.

Still, there are many climbs to conquer and brutal headwinds will make this last section not that easy.

Ed has reached CP11 in El Chorro – Camino del Rey.

Looks like Joost has planned “the climb of his life” for tomorrow morning, followed by Jermaki. Good luck on Pico guys, enjoy the view.

The weather forecast is looking good for tomorrow and the wind will calm down.

Bart is only 130km from the finish…keep pushing

Two roadies Renato and Erik are now on the 43km long Europe’s highest cycling climb. 30km into the climb they reached the barrier at Hoya de la Moya, that is where the professionals turn around and start their descent!

But there is another 13km to climb to checkpoint at 3,398m.

Good luck and stay safe up there!

Ed enjoyed the sunrise in the Gorafe desert. He is now facing the highest climb on the gravel route (2000m) before reaching next checkpoint in Granada.

Bart is unstoppable with only 300km to Tarifa.

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