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Sep 9 2023

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L’esperit de Grirona 2023

Name: L’esperit de Grirona 2023
Start: 2023-09-09T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-09T08:00:00-04:00
Location: Girona City Centre

 Catalonia, Spain  497mi (800km)

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L’Esperit de Girona is a challenging 800km self-supported event that starts and finishes in Girona, Spain…

When

Date: September 9, 2023

Time: 8:00 am

Details

Cost: € 295

Event Website

Organizer: James Mark Hayden

Email: bike@lesperitdelbikepacking.org

Where

Girona City Centre

Girona, Catalonia Spain

L’Esperit de Girona is a solo and unsupported off-road bikepacking event.

Starts Saturday 9th September 2023.

Starting and finishing in Girona, the route covers approximately 800 kilometers and features 28,000 meters of climbing.

The event is hard. It will test riders to their mental and physical limits. The fastest will struggle to crack four days yet there will be no time cut off for the slowest riders.