If you did not notice, Barcelona is a great destination for road cycling. Agree, it will never be a training camp destination, as it is a big city. And it can also be tricky to get to know the best ways to get out. But once you are here for any other reason (conference, congress,
It was just announced that Barcelona will be the starting point of Vuelta a España 2023. It will be a team time trial into the city, and a second stage in the mountains around Barcelona. The last time La Vuelta arrived at Barcelona was in 2012, stage Andorra-Barcelona with victory for the Belgian Philippe Gilbert
Barcelona is a great place for cycling, there is no doubt. In a former post, we introduced 10 of the most popular climbs around Barcelona, but today let me introduce some short and steep hidden climbs close to Barcelona, not very known (or maybe not known at all) for most of the local cyclists. Some
We are working on new merchandise for the 2020 season, and especially on Barcelona cycling jersey. First thought was a jersey with FC Barcelona colors, the red and blue characteristic colors of our football team (famous all over the world), but later we realized that, it wouldn’t fit the cycling as we want. The main
All of us into cycling love having a nice beer when finishing a ride, don’t you? Bikes and breweries match, and it is becoming a very popular way to know a city or a region. Also in Barcelona, of course. Even if we are focused on serious cycling on carbon road bikes, we love sharing
Coll de Pal is an amazing hidden gem in the Catalan Pyrenees. It is a very steep Hors Categorie climb which deserves much more fame than actually has. The overall numbers say it all. It is a very steep climb getting 2104 meters, with an overall elevation of 1267 meters in 19,3 km, which means
Road cycling in Barcelona is an amazing experience! Even if Barcelona is a big city, road cycling in Barcelona has a lot of options to get some roads with scarce traffic. The roads leading to the mountains surrounding the city have great views and are also in very good condition with great asphalt. Of course,
Next July Montefusco Cycling is organizing the Transpyrenees cycling trip. It is composed of 9 cycling stages, 10 nights, 800 km, with 15 HC or 1st category climbs included. Our tour is for the keen cyclists, but do not worry, we are thinking a demanding but doable tour with stages no longer than 100km and
Such a great success, the Olympics 1992 were! Still recently we were celebrating the 25th anniversary of those magical Games. The cycling road race in Olympics in Barcelona 1992 took place in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (Penedes). All the cycling track competitions were held at the Velodrome d’Horta, inaugurated for the event. But the road races
Barcelona is a great cycling destination, that’s for sure. And cycling the hills around Barcelona is a must for any keen cyclist. Even if it is a big city, cycling is great in Barcelona, with nice climbs, smooth road surface, very good weather, and polite drivers. Very close to Barcelona there are several hills very