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5th - 8th OCTOBER 2024

Sea, mountain and the only desert in Europe

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Tabernas Desert

Almería

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Stage 1

El Toyo – El Toyo

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EL TOYO – EL TOYO

Kilometres: 101 km

Elevation gain: 1147 m

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The start will be at the seaside and will run through the area of Las Salinas, with some short climbs but quickly gaining elevation.

Halfway through the stage, we head inland on tracks in good condition and small stretches of trail.

From Albaricoques, where the second hydration station is located, the terrain changes to take very fast, wide and dusty trails, until we reach a large wadi that takes us back to the starting point.


Stage 2. UNIVERSAE

El Toyo – Tabernas

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El Toyo – Tabernas

Kilometres: 83 km

Elevation gain: 1864 m

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A route that faces the mountain for the first time in this Škoda Titan Desert Almería 2024.

After a neutralized road start, the route goes through wadis and tracks in good condition until the town of Níjar, where a long uphill begins, first by road and then by track until we take a technical path that will take us downhill to the town of Turrillas.

From there, everything is favorable until Tabernas. But the final part of the stage that runs along tracks in good condition has a constant ascent until reaching the Circuito Costa de Almería, where the finish line will be located.


Stage 3 – Škoda We Love Cycling

Tabernas – Tabernas

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Tabernas – Tabernas

Kilometres: 98 km

Elevation gain: 2208 m

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A loop day around the Circuito Costa de Almeria.

After a departure from the same circuit by fast tracks and wadis, we went to face the great ascent of Alto de Velefique, where the Škoda Challenge will be held, a long climb where almost 1000 m. of elevation are gained.

From the top there is still a small uphill stretch to then face a long, rocky and somewhat technical descent.

From the valley we take the tracks that will take us back to the starting point of the circuit.


Stage 4. La Legión. Espíritu de marcha

Tabernas – El Toyo

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Tabernas – El Toyo

Kilometres: 83 km

Elevation gain: 828 m

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A special stage, for being the last of this Škoda Titan Desert Almería 2024 and also for having the privilege of riding inside the base of La Legion, which will allow us to discover all its facilities, its tracks and trails in a unique environment.

As in previous days the start is from the same circuit, the first part of the route runs along favorable tracks and a large downhill wadi, a part without difficulty until entering the military training ground of the Tercio Don Juan de Austria, where all the positive slope of the day will be waiting for us.

Once we leave and after a track with short but intense ascents and descents, the final part, always descending, will take us to the seashore just before the finish line in El Toyo.


Stage 5

Erg Chebbi – Erg Chebbi

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Erg Chebbi – Erg Chebbi

Kilometres: 105 km

Elevation gain: 879 m

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Description: A stage passing through dunes and a first navigation sector with some passages that are not easy to locate. The second part runs through a stony area with steep ascents and descents, leading to tracks in good condition that take us to the finish line.


Logistics: A loop stage in which you will spend two nights in the same haima (tent), so you do not need to prepare your luggage that day.

Stage 6

Erg Chebbi – Maadid

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ERG CHEBBI – MAADID

Kilometres: 78 km

Elevation gain: 730 m

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Description: First part along wide and fairly sandy tracks, after which the terrain changes and becomes very stony with constant ascents. The last part of the stage includes a short but technical descent, after which we ride along a large track that takes us to the finish line, to make you a Titan.


Logistics: You will sleep in a hotel after the last stage. Check the one allocated to you by the organisation. Remember to pack your bike for the return trip.

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