← All eventsRoc d'Azur
The world's biggest MTB gathering (20,000+ riders, ~40 races) at Fréjus. Flagship Roc Marathon is ~102km/~2,700m of technical rocky Maures/Estérel singletrack. A technical MTB marathon festival.
The world's biggest mountain-bike gathering. 20,000+ riders and around 40 races descend on Fréjus each October, and at its heart sits the flagship Roc Marathon: 102km through the Massif des Maures and the Estérel.
Dusty, rocky Mediterranean singletrack above the sea. 2,700m of climbing, sustained off-road climbs, then technical descents on the Maures rocks where handling is free speed.
It earns its name. Off-road fatigue stacks faster than road distance suggests, the October heat is real, and the huge start pens punish a timid position. An iconic day, but a demanding one.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Roc d'Azur for you?
- Riders with genuine MTB handling. The rocky Maures and Estérel descents give free time to those who can ride them and rattle those who can't.
- Durable climbers happy off-road. 2,700m of climb-then-descend over hours rewards sustained sweet-spot legs, not road power.
- Anyone drawn to the spectacle. Around 40 races and 150,000 visitors make it a bucket-list festival as much as a bike race.
- Cool-climate riders willing to prep for heat. October on the Côte d'Azur can hit 25°C+, and acclimatised riders cope far better.
Training plan for Roc d'Azur
A training plan for Roc d'Azur 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.
- Sustained off-road climbing: about 2,700m over 102km, climb then descend, repeated for hours
- Technical rocky singletrack through the Maures and Estérel, where descending skill is free speed
- Mediterranean heat: early October can sit at 25°C+ over a multi-hour race
- Congested mass starts from huge festival fields, then off-road fatigue that stacks faster than road distance
- Long technical MTB rides, building from 2.5hr toward a 4-6hr peak on real off-road terrain
- Off-road climb intervals: 4-5 x 8-12min at sweet-spot or threshold on the actual climbs
- Descending drills: repeated laps of rocky technical descents to bank free time
- Heat and Z2 sessions in the final weeks, plus a full race-pace simulation
- 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
