CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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109 km from Ontinyent to Ontinyent, about 2 h 24 of riding. It goes by way of Barranc de les Coves- Abric I, Port de Penaguila- Abric II and back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Ontinyent and Bocairent sit close together in the southern part of Valencia province, in the upper valley of the Clariano river, surrounded by the mountains of the Serra de Mariola and the Serra Grossa. Ontinyent is a textile town with a fine old quarter on a hill above the river, crowned by the tall bell tower of the church of Santa Maria. Bocairent, a few kilometres away, is a medieval village perched on a rocky outcrop above a ravine. The Abric de la Creu, the shelter of the cross, lies in the hills between the two.
Read the complete Abric de la Creu write-up.
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Abric de la Creu is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
Ibi is the toy capital of Spain, a fact that surprises everyone who rides through this mountain town in the hills of Alicante. Since the early twentieth century, workshops here have produced dolls, tin toys and plastic figures, and the Valencian Toy Museum tells the story. The rock shelter named Barranc de les Coves Abric I lies in the hills between Ibi and Alcoy, in a ravine whose name simply means the gully of the caves.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de les Coves- Abric I comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Port de Penaguila- Abric II.
The Port de Penàguila is a mountain pass in the interior of Alicante province, on the road between Alcoy and the Vall de Guadalest, where the hills of the Comtat rise toward the Serra d'Aitana, the highest range in the province. The village of Penàguila, below the pass, is a small, ancient place huddled beneath a castle on a rocky crest, and Benilloba, Cocentaina and Alcoy are all close. The second shelter of the Port de Penàguila is one of several painted sites in the area.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric II write-up.
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about 56 km into the recorded legs you reach Port de Penaguila- Abric II. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Abric de la Creu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Creu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abric de la Creu. That is the ride.
Abric de la Creu → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Port de Penaguila- Abric II is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Port de Penaguila- Abric II → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Abric de la Creu is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.