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Early-season 4-stage MTB stage race around Calpe, Alicante — ~166km / ~4,873m over four short, climbing-dense, technical Mediterranean days. Cumulative GC. Date approximate.
Four days of technical Mediterranean mountain biking around Calpe, on the Costa Blanca, all ranked on cumulative time. An early-season stage race, short each day but climbing-dense and relentless.
This is proper off-road racing: rocky Mediterranean singletrack, loose surfaces, and terrain where handling and robust tyres matter as much as your legs.
It lands in late January, so you ride it off a winter base. It is won across all four days, which rewards the rider who can back up hard efforts, not just fire off one big one.
Is Costa Blanca Bike Race for you?
- Confident off-road descenders. The rocky Mediterranean singletrack gives away free time to riders who can read a line and stay off the brakes.
- Punchy climbers, not steady col grinders. The climbs are short and steep, so repeated hard surges beat a single sustained tempo.
- Riders who recover well overnight. Four back-to-back days means the winner is whoever backs up, not whoever peaks on day one.
- Early-season racers opening their year. A January stage race off a winter base is a sharp start to a spring and summer MTB campaign.
Training plan for Costa Blanca Bike Race
A training plan for Costa Blanca Bike Race 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.
- Four days ranked on one cumulative time, so consistency beats a single big effort.
- Steep, punchy climbs: repeated short surges rather than long steady cols.
- Rocky, technical descents that punish thin tyres and hesitant lines.
- A short, fast final stage you must keep something in the tank to race.
- Punchy climb repeats: 6 to 10 x 2 to 4 min hard on trail climbs.
- Long off-road rides: 2.5 to 4 hours on trail with 1,000 to 2,000m of climbing.
- Back-to-back MTB weekends: a 3 hr Saturday then a 2.5 hr Sunday on tired legs.
- Technical descending drills: repeat rocky descents, working lines and braking.
- 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
