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UCI 3-stage MTB stage race around Logroño through the Rioja vineyards and Moncalvillo sierra — ~150km / ~4,000m, with a demanding UCI-rated queen stage. Cumulative GC. Date approximate.
Three timed stages through the Rioja vineyards and the Moncalvillo sierra, ranked on cumulative time. A UCI-sanctioned MTB race where amateurs ride the same technical tracks as the elite field.
The difficulty isn't spread evenly. A short opener around Logroño, then the queen stage: roughly 71km and 2,100m in Moncalvillo, where the whole GC swings.
It's early season, late winter in northern Spain. Cold mornings, maybe wet, muddy vineyard soil and rocky sierra singletrack. Ride the technical lines clean, because a crash on the queen stage costs the most.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2024 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is La Rioja Bike Race for you?
- Climbers who can ride one big sustained day. The GC is won on Moncalvillo's queen stage, not spread evenly across the week.
- Riders comfortable on technical off-road. Sierra singletrack and mixed vineyard soil reward handling, and you share the tracks with a UCI field.
- Athletes who recover well and back up. Three consecutive timed days punish anyone who empties the tank on the opener.
- Early-season riders with a solid winter base. It lands in late winter, so it rewards consistent off-road months over a summer peak.
Training plan for La Rioja Bike Race
A training plan for La Rioja 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.
- One big queen stage: roughly 2,100m of sustained Moncalvillo climbing decides your GC
- Technical sierra singletrack and mixed vineyard soil, potentially wet and muddy
- Three consecutive timed days, so fatigue accumulates and recovery becomes part of the race
- Cold, early-season mornings in northern Spain
- Long off-road rides of 2.5 to 4 hours to build queen-stage durability and rehearse fuelling
- Sustained trail climbs, 3 to 4 x 15 to 25 min at threshold, for Moncalvillo specificity
- Back-to-back MTB weekends: a longer Saturday, then a Sunday on tired legs
- Weekly technical descending on sierra-style trails to free up time and stay safe
- 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
