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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From Alpera it runs 511 km to Alpera; allow about 11 h 57 of riding. On the way it passes Peñon de los machos, Abrigo de Rosser, Cova de la Petxina and Barranc de la Penya Blanca. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Here the wide plains of La Mancha begin to tilt towards the coast, and the country turns into a patchwork of vineyards, cereal fields and low, pine-covered ridges. Alpera, Carcelén and Alatoz are small villages in the east of Albacete province, close to the border with Valencia, and the landscape has a high, windy character with big skies and few trees on the open ground. The Júcar river runs through a deeper, more broken country to the south, with canyons and reservoirs that give the otherwise dry terrain a green edge.
Read the complete Abrigo I write-up.
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Abrigo I is where the day begins. Next is Peñon de los machos.
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
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Peñon de los machos comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo de Rosser.
Near Bicorp, in the dry, folded hills of inland Valencia, one of the most famous images in prehistoric art was found in 1920: a figure clinging to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees, a honey gatherer painted thousands of years ago in the Cuevas de la Araña. The Abrigo de Rosser lies in the same rugged area of the Canal de Navarrés and the Júcar gorges, one of many shelters with Levantine paintings in this region, and together they form part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. Bicorp has a small interpretation centre, and guided visits to some shelters can be arranged.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
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about 137 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo de Rosser. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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Cova de la Petxina, about halfway. Next is Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
Planes is a small village in the hills of the Comtat in northern Alicante province, crowned by a castle and looking out over a valley of olive and cherry orchards. The Barranc de la Penya Blanca, the ravine of the white rock, lies close by, among the folded limestone ridges between Planes, Benimarfull and the reservoir at Beniarrés.
Read the complete Barranc de la Penya Blanca write-up.
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Barranc de la Penya Blanca sits at 152 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
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Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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back through Cova de la Petxina comes up about 294 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abrigo de Rosser.
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Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
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about 371 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abrigo de Rosser. Next is back through Peñon de los machos.
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Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
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back through Peñon de los machos, late in the day. Next is Abrigo I.
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Read the complete Abrigo I write-up.
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The route ends here after 511 km.
Abrigo I → Peñon de los machos is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos → Abrigo de Rosser is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de Rosser → Cova de la Petxina is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la Penya Blanca → back through Cova de la Petxina is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina → back through Abrigo de Rosser is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de Rosser → back through Peñon de los machos is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Peñon de los machos → Abrigo I is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.