MTB Marathons in Canary Islands and Spain in 2012

Below is list of all the big races this spring:-

La Santa MTB race, 28th, 29th 30 & 31 January Club La Santa, Lanzarote
www.clublasanta.com
In 2012 the race will be over FOUR days with FOUR stages with two extra stages on Monday and Tuesday. Riders can choose to compete in almost any combination of stages. There are long and short races incorporated into the stages of Sunday and Tuesday. Go to the website above for full details.

Andalucían Bike race, February 26 de febrero al 2 de marzo 2012.
www.andaluciabikerace.com
This is UCI stage race and is only in a two person team format:-
Two men or two women or two mixed and two master30.
Inscription costs are €290 before the 9th of January and €430 from the 10th Jan up to the closing date of 19th February.

Superbike Marathon Tenerife, 4th March
www.equipociclistaloroparque.com
Another brand new race from Erjos(Los Silos) to La Esperanza.
The whole race is on wide fire roads/pistas. Not even a road to cross: just one tunnel underneath a main road. Not to technical. I expect that next year this race will have 600 riders. This year the entries sold out very quickly and the organisers had to expand the capacity of the numbers of riders allowed.

La Palma Marathon, 17-18th March
www.bikelapalma.com
A beautiful race on a beautiful island.
There are two races with distances of 44km and 70km.
My favorite race of the year. The race has an air of charm and simplicity and has a course that is technical and not too long.

Open de Gran Canaria, 24th March, Gran Canaria
www.canary-bike.com
A classic marathon with a good international field. Over the years many international riders have competed in this race and the race organiser offers a great 4 star hotel for riders that is bike friendly.
There are three races with distances of 28km, 54km and 85km.


La Palma Ultrabike MTB Marathon, 7th April
www.ultrabikelapalma.com
This is new and will be the second race of the year on the island of La Palma and a lot of money is being invested in this race. The race will be longer and harder than original Bike La Palma Marathon . Expect 3500 metres of gain over more than 100 kms.

Magmabike, El Hierro, 21th April
www.magmabikemaraton.blogspot.com/
Another race that is in its second year now. There are two distances 50km and 35km.
The race starts high and finishes lower so there is around 1400m of ascent and 2000m of descent in the 50km race.

XC race in Artenara, Gran Canaria 29th April
Google: La Cuevita, Artenara
An amazing 32km point to point race. The course is technical and very beautiful.

Copa de España Marathon in Taramundi, Asturias, Spain, 29th April
www.taramundi.es/web/ayto-taramundi/noticia/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_y8hU/129615/748253

Copa de España Marathon ,7th Marathon Alcarria Baja, Pastrana, Spain, 2nd June
www.maratonalcarriabaja.com

Copa de España Marathon, Madrid Extrema, Colmenar de Oreja, Spain, 2nd September
www.madridextrema.com