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The two-day season opener of the Gravel Earth Series and the unofficial kickoff of the European gravel season — fast, competitive back-to-back gravel racing on the celebrated roads of Girona. Date and figures approximate.
The two-day season opener of the Gravel Earth Series, and the unofficial start of the European gravel season. Two race days on the celebrated gravel roads of Girona, your combined time across both deciding the result.
It rolls, it doesn't climb big. Catalan gravel throws repeated punchy efforts at you, not one giant col. The winning skill is racing hard on day one, then backing it up on tired legs the next morning.
And it's fast. Girona draws the pro and elite gravel scene, so the front is quick and competitive. A February date means being race-fit early, while most riders are still building winter form.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Santa Vall for you?
- Riders who recover fast. The result rides on backing up a hard day one with a strong day two, so the overnight refuel and rest matter as much as the racing.
- Racers comfortable in a fast bunch. It draws a large international field, so positioning, drafting and covering moves save you real time each day.
- Riders who thrive on repeatable rolling efforts. There is no giant col to survive, just wave after wave of short threshold punches to ride within yourself.
- Athletes who build form early. A February opener rewards anyone race-fit through winter, not those waiting for spring to get going.
Training plan for Santa Vall
A training plan for Santa Vall 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.
- Race-pace gravel bunch riding on both days: positioning, drafting and covering moves
- Day-two durability on tired legs, because the combined-time result turns on it
- Repeatable rolling efforts, wave after wave, rather than one big climb
- Overnight recovery as a race skill: refuel, hydrate, sleep and easy-spin between stages
- Back-to-back hard days: a race-pace gravel day, then a strong gravel day the next morning
- Rolling threshold repeats, 6 to 10 by 3 to 8 min at threshold with short recovery
- Over-unders and VO2 intervals to handle surges and cover the decisive moves
- Long gravel rides building to 4 to 5hr, plus race-simulation days with full fuelling
- 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
