❓Why

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<aside> 🎩 “The race covers a very wide range of landscape through the several Natural park that it crosses. I really liked the variety of towns and never felt again the same style... Chapeau, hat off for the great route design.”

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<aside> ⭐ “Is great to see how some towns learnt about the race and prepare themselves with cooking food and following the riders in dotwatcher. Great opportunity to increase the great experience and bring something to the locals.”

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I did this race as a pair and with the aim of enjoying as much as possible the course and finishing within time.

Ultra-cycling rules says that we have to be self-suficient and you can take it to the extreme or embrace or even enforce that you must help others in needs and this is how Carlos Mazón set the tone.

📝 Summary

Day 1: A coffee ☕️ stop at km 24 🤭

After a big party in Vitoria which I did not join, it was difficult to find coffee ☕️ before the start of the race. So at km 24 in the first bar we pass we had one. That was an easy 😅 start.

First 25 kms were easy but as we move forward we realized that some sections were not that comfortable. Single trails and more broken gravel appear.

We met Ivan around km 70 and exchanged a few words. We looked fresh and full of energy 😎. That was a good sign 😁.

The day was cloudy for the first 6h which we appreciated. Later on around lunch time (Spanish time) the sun 🌤 started to shine and felt warmer 🌡.