Events/Fietselfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Cycling Tour)

Fietselfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Cycling Tour)

Road

Date

Mon, 17 May 2027

Venue

Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands (loop of the eleven cities)

Countdown

May

Distance

235km

Total climb

100m

A 235km loop of Friesland's eleven historic cities, from Bolsward on Whit Monday. Fifteen thousand riders roll out in groups from 05:00. Finish before midnight and you earn the medal.

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The course

The route

One flat 235km loop from Bolsward: north to Dokkum and back for the midday stamp and soup, then a southern loop through Sneek, Stavoren and the Frisian lakes, with the fully exposed Waddenzeedijk sea dyke near Harlingen the signature wind test.

Weather

Mid-May, Bolsward

16°CTypical high

10°CTypical low

4°CColdest in 20 years

37%Days with rain

Highs around 16°C and lows around 10°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 37% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the Fietselfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Cycling Tour)

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What 235km of flat, windy Friesland asks

Typical sessions

235km of flat road with no descent to ever soft-pedal or recover on.

Open, unsheltered dykes where a North Sea headwind turns a spin into a grind.

A genuinely long day: even strong riders are moving for seven-plus hours.

Fuelling for hours from the gun, or the southern dykes empty your tank.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Progressive long rides building from 120km toward a 200km-plus peak two to three weeks out.

Deliberate windy long rides and into-wind tempo efforts, so a headwind feels normal, not frightening.

Paceline group rides rotating turns, the single biggest time-saver on this course.

Long tempo blocks (2-3x30min at 78-88% FTP) plus full fuelling rehearsals over five-hour-plus rides.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

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

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