← All eventsGrinduro France
A gravel/enduro hybrid and festival in the Vosges — a ~100km/~2,000m loop where only a handful of timed enduro-style segments decide the result. Date, venue and figures approximate.
Most of this ~100km Vosges gravel loop doesn't count. Only a handful of timed, enduro-style segments decide your result. The rest you ride at your own pace, social and unhurried.
It's a party as much as a race. Around 2,000m of climbing through the lakes and forests near Xonrupt-Longemer, with food, music and feed stops built into the day.
That format makes it welcoming. You need the legs to finish the loop comfortably, but fresh legs and nerve on the timed climbs and descents matter far more than a big steady engine.
Is Grinduro France for you?
- Riders who want a big day out without racing every kilometre. Ride the untimed transfers easy, then commit on the segments that count.
- Punchy riders over diesels. Short, repeatable near-max efforts on the timed climbs beat a big steady engine here.
- Confident descenders. The timed descents on loose Vosges gravel hand free time to anyone who can commit to the line.
- Anyone chasing the festival as much as the finish. The riding between stages is social, and the finish is a party.
Training plan for Grinduro France
A training plan for Grinduro France 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.
- Around 2,000m of climbing to get round the full loop comfortably, even off the clock
- Short, near-max punch for the timed climbs, repeated across three to five segments
- Loose and sometimes wet gravel descents where handling and nerve win free time
- Changeable mountain weather, and a tyre choice that trades rolling speed for grip
- Short hard repeats: 6 to 10 by 2 to 5 min near-max with full recovery, for timed-climb punch
- Grinduro simulation rides: a 4 to 5hr easy loop with 3 to 5 all-out segments, full recovery between
- Dedicated descending and gravel-skills sessions on loose and wet lines
- Hilly gravel endurance rides to build the base to finish the loop comfortably
- 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
