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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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Another nice and sunny day for our riders. They are now spread widely throughout 600km on the route.

Bart is still in the lead and going strong, yesterday afternoon he passed CP6 which is marking HALFWAY! Absolutely amazing ride.

Ed is in a great mood, smiling and enjoying the route, in the meantime, taking lots of photos while keeping strong in second position. He had a blast riding cliffs yesterday.

Andrew will not continue due to mechanical issues.

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Roadies departed yesterday morning. Riders are facing a total of 1800km with 30,000 meters of climbing with the highest climb to the top of Pico del Veleta which is at 3,398m.

The weather is perfect and riders can expect nice conditions and sun along the way.

Erik is in the lead covering over 370km. Renato is 30km behind Erik. Luigi is in 3rd position followed by Joost.

Gravel & trail route:

Bart keeps the lead and is making great progress, he came through the CP3 in Molina de Aragon at 20:51 last evening. He is absolutely flying!

We met Ed last night before his rest stop in Ateca, he looked fresh and strong. He is in 2nd position.

Dick Ayres is now riding the single-track trail on incredible red stone cliffs in Spanish Utah followed by pair riders Alexander and Martin.

Mimi came through CP2 in the Bardenas Reales.

Mechanical issues stopped Andrew. We are waiting for his final decision.