Events/Transcontinental Race

Transcontinental Race

Ultra

Date

Sun, 25 Jul 2027

Venue

Point-to-point across Europe (start/finish change every edition)

Countdown

July

Distance

4,000km

Total climb

45,000m

The original modern ultra-distance road race. Mike Hall drew the first line across Europe in 2013, and every fixed-route bikepacking race since has copied the template he wrote.

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The course

The route

Roughly 4,000km and around 45,000m of climbing, point to point across Europe from a Grand Depart mass start. The start city, finish city and four control points change every edition, and you self-navigate every road between them.

Weather

Late-July, Point-to-point across Europe (start/finish change every edition)

23°CTypical high

14°CTypical low

9°CColdest in 20 years

49%Days with rain

Highs around 23°C and lows around 14°C, but it has dropped to 9°C. Rain on 49% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Transcontinental Race

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 the race throws at you

Typical sessions

Around 4,000km self-supported across a continent, ridden over up to two weeks.

Mandatory high mountain parcours: cold, exposed cols you cannot route around.

Many nights on open public roads, managing lights, traffic and fatigue.

Chronic sleep debt, where how and when you sleep decides as much as your legs do.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 road rides building from 4 hours out towards 12-plus, with fuelling dialled in.

Back-to-back weekends: a big Saturday, then long again Sunday on tired legs.

A 3 to 4 day self-supported trip plus overnight rides to rehearse sleep and resupply.

Sweet spot and tempo blocks for sustainable road power, and big climbing days for the parcours.

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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