← All eventsAndorra Epic
High-Pyrenean multi-day MTB stage race in Andorra (~150-200km, approximate) with huge alpine climbing and technical descents at altitude. Ridden in pairs; a Cape Epic / Epic Series qualifier. Date and figures approximate.
Around 7,000m of climbing crammed into roughly 175km of racing, almost all of it above 1,500m in the high Pyrenees. Three stages out of La Massana, Andorra, in early July.
And you don't ride it alone. The Andorra Epic is raced in two-person teams: you start and finish every stage together, and your time is the second rider across the line.
The thin air rewrites your numbers. Sea-level threshold means nothing on a pass near 2,000m, so the race is won on climbing legs, altitude tolerance and a matched partner, not raw power.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Andorra Epic for you?
- Pairs with well-matched climbing engines. Your team time is the second rider across, so two evenly-paced climbers beat one strong rider towing a struggling one, and that gap only widens up high.
- Climbers who would rather go up than along. The stages are short and savagely steep, so it rewards a big power-to-weight engine, not flat distance endurance.
- Riders who can prepare for altitude. Even a few days acclimatising on arrival makes a real difference when much of the race sits above 1,500m.
- Confident technical descenders. Steep, rocky, exposed alpine descents save real time and punish anyone who rides them timid.
Training plan for Andorra Epic
A training plan for Andorra Epic isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Huge sustained climbing packed into short stages, most of it above 1,500m
- Thin air that cuts your power and slows recovery day to day
- Steep, rocky high-mountain descents, often ridden on tired legs
- Racing as a pair: stay together, and the weaker rider up high sets your time
- Long climb reps: 2 to 4 by 20 to 40 min at sweet-spot on gradient
- Climbing weekend doubles: a big vertical Saturday, then more climbing on tired legs Sunday
- Pairs rides with your partner for matched pace and feeding, plus tow-strap practice on steep climbs
- Altitude exposure or an early-arrival acclimatisation plan, alongside technical alpine descent practice
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
