Road bike trips through Spain: in organized groups or on your own
Have you ever thought about making a road bike trip? That is, dedicating a few days off or part of your vacation to to travel by bicycle, on a route of several stages on a road bike? Imagine spending several days enjoying a route in road bike through the Pyrenees and ascending one of the mythical passes of the Tour in each cycling stage. Or visualize yourself giving around Mallorca by road bike in a trip by stagesof several days... Always with the possibility of doing it on your own, with whoever you want, or of signing up for an organized trip to meet other people passionate about cycling.
At Bikefriendly we are experts in bike trips by stages. Our trips by stages consist of bicycle routes of several days that you can do in a group, on an organized trip with closed dates, or on your own whenever you want, but in which, anyway, you don't have to worry about anything. If you decide to book to do one of these bike trips on your own, you have to know that always iThey include the management and reservation of accommodations of each stage, the daily luggage transfer, an explanatory briefing of the cycling route, telephone assistance on the route and monitoring throughout the trip. In organized road bike trips We also include a support vehicle en route and supplies in each of the stages. Services that will make your cycling trip by stages a comfortable, safe and unforgettable experience.
National cycling destinations
Spain It has countless privileged destinations to enjoy the road cycling At any time of year.
We are already thinking about it because we want keep us motivated, analyzing what places we will pass through, studying the unevenness of each stage and preparing ourselves mentally and physically for it.
Therefore, we leave you a few ideas of stage trips for road cyclists.
Group stage trips for road cyclists
Pyrenees Mythical Ports with Ángel Vicioso and Sergio Pérez – June 7 to 11, 2023
Pyrenees Mythical Ports it's an intense four-stage road bike trip that will lead you to crown the toughest ports of the Tour de France. On this occasion, two exceptional cyclists will accompany you: Ángel Vicioso and Sergio Pérez.
At each stage challenges await you to overcome and some are truly titanic. Every day you will travel between 71 and 116 kilometers pedaling along mountain roads, reaching over 2.300 meters of altitude difference in the Col de Aspin stage. The same one in which we lived the mythical duel between Contador and Andy Schlek in celebration of the centenary Tour de France.
It's a organized stage trip that will allow you to have support vehicle en route and suitcase transport from hotel to hotel. Also includes the accommodation in Bikefriendly hotels of each Pyrenean town, the breakfasts travel insurance, a welcome pack, and a briefing where the entire trip, the tracks and the description of each stage will be explained to you.
On the first day you will leave from Pony and you will visit magical towns like Aísa, Echo and Ansó while you ride near wild mountain rivers.
On the second day you will enter the Tour's terrain and you will have to ascend the Aubisque cabbage.
The third day is the highlight of the Puertos Míticos experience: the tough ascent to the Tourmalet cabbage.
Finally, on the fourth day you will ride through the Canyon of Añisclo, without a doubt one of the most spectacular roads in the Pyrenees, and you will finish this titanic challenge by crowning the Cotefablo, a port that is part of the route of the Nuthatch, the cycle tourist little sister of the Bearded Vulture.
Return to Mallorca – May 23 to 27, 2023
In this adventure, you will give the return to Mallorca en road bike on a 4-stage group trip. You will enjoy a fantastic tour of the island with other fans who share your passion for cycling.
The stages of this return to Mallorca are long routes, about 100 kilometers each, although with varied gradients. The first two days are more affordable, while the last two in the Tramuntana mountain range They are more demanding and we will reach 2.000 meters of positive slope.
In all stages we will ride accompanied by a support vehicleIn addition, they will be made various supplies to keep them well loaded with salts and hydrates.
The first day will depart from Palma de Mallorca, we will ride 108 km through the Levante Mallorquín until the end of our stage in Portocolom.
For the second day, we will have to pedal the entire northern part of the island, ending the stage by traveling along a road along the seashore with spectacular views of the island. Formentor.
The third stage, already deep in the Sierra of the Tramuntana, we will face the mythical port of Faro de Formentor admiring its impressive views.
And to finish the trip, we only have to visit the final part of the Sierra with its beautiful towns: Deia, Banyalbufar and Estellencs, its magnificent landscapes, mountains and majestic cliffs to reach the capital of the island.
The colossi of Andorra special La Vuelta – August 25 to 28, 2023
Un three-stage cycling trip that will lead you to crown the colossi of Andorra most epic, beautiful and tough in the Principality... Coinciding in destination with one of the stages of The Tour of Spain 2023!
In this Group trip with professional guide and support vehicle. Every day we will travel routes of between 65 and 80 kilometers and slopes of between 1.900 and 2.200 meters of accumulated positive slope that will lead us to ascend renowned ports and enjoy the most beautiful panoramic views of the small country of the Pyrenees.
The first stage we will begin by ascending the port Ordino Arcalis, mythical arrival of the Tour de France on several occasions and the second difficulty of the day, will be the Coll de la Peguera.
On the second day, we will climb to the top of the Comella to chain with the rise to the exceptional Lake of Engolasters. We will continue with the ascension als Cortals de Encamp, a peak where great cycling events have ended. And to finish, we will face the last ascent of the day, The Collada of Beixalís.
In the last stage of the trip, it is time to ascend the long Port of Cabus, the port with the most spectacular landscapes in Andorra. We will continue until we begin the climb to Arinsal where a stage of the Vuelta a España 2023 will end that same day.
Self-guided stage trips for road cyclists
the Camino de Santiago
Make the mythical the Camino de Santiago It is an experience that must be lived at least once in a lifetime. But Doing it by bike is undoubtedly a wonderful adventure, full of challenges and moments that you surely won't want to miss.
The Camino de Santiago is not just a bicycle route, it is traveling, and that is why at Bikefriendly we want you to enjoy it with your group on a tailor-made trip. With all kinds of options to stay during the route, with different rtours to choose, starting points different and even days of pedaling.
Five stages and about 300 kilometers of route in which you will discover its innumerable towns and villages, with their churches and hermitages, while you enter ancient paths soaking up the pilgrim culture.
Transpirenaica Road
We have heard a lot about the Transpyrenean route and about people who consider doing it on foot or in MTB. But what about the Transpyrenean road bike?
Well also, of course, in this eight-stage road bike trip that you will cross the Pyrenees from the Costa Brava to the Atlantic on a route of 762 kilometers and more than 12.482 meters of positive slope accumulated in your legs.
Didn't you want challenges? Here you have a titanic one with some stages of more than 2.000 meters of elevation gain. Don't be scared, most are more affordable. You have all the information about each stage in the trip sheet:
Asturias Natural Paradise: Tour of Spain Special
Enjoy an unforgettable bike trip in the cider region with this option for lovers of the North and the fine wheel. Asturias Natural Paradise is a proposal designed for maximum enjoyment of the road bike with legendary ascents of The Vuelta España In asturias.
This cycling getaway through Asturias will take you to reach the mythical ports of this territory such as Angliru, Ventana, El Cordal, Cobertoria, San Lorenzo, Alto del Naranco, Gamoniteiro, La Cubilla, Bárcena, among others. With approximately 300 kilometers of route that you can do in 3 stages.
The trip includes transfer of suitcases between hotels, accommodations, breakfasts, service support vehicle, travel insurance...
Montserrat Road
Montserrat Road It is a tour of Central Catalonia, covering the paved roads and quieter roads so you can discover by bike the best places in the 8 regions that you will cross.
Admire the incomparable mountain of Montserrat and enjoy its ascent with this road trip. You will ride through typical Catalan cycling places such as RPeguera asos, Coll d’Estenalles, Capolat or the climb itself Montserrat, authentic mecca of Catalan cycling.
This trip also includes accommodation in different hotels at the end of each stage, the suitcase transport On each day, breakfast, briefing, tracks and travel insurance.
