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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Bicorp it runs 458 km to Bicorp; allow about 8 h 37 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo I, Abrigo del Buen Aire I and back through Abrigo I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Bicorp's name appears on the map of rock art mainly because of its famous spider cave, but the Cueva Moma sits a few kilometres south-west of the village and has its own quiet claim to attention. It is a Levantine painted site in the dry highlands of the Canal de Navarrés, in the middle of inland Valencia, where the hills are steep, the villages small and the roads wander.
Read the complete Cueva moma write-up.
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Cueva moma is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo I.
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 comes up about 126 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
Jumilla country is dry, wide and honest. The town sits in the far north of Murcia where it bulges up towards Albacete, surrounded by limestone sierras, almond groves and vineyards of Monastrell grapes that make some of the most powerful red wine in Spain. A few kilometres outside town, in the folds of these hills, lie a group of small rock shelters known as the Abrigos del Buen Aire. They belong to the long chain of prehistoric painted sites strung along the eastern side of the peninsula that UNESCO lists together as the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
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about 229 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Buen Aire I. Next is back through Abrigo I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo I, late in the day. Next is Cueva moma.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva moma write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cueva moma. That is the ride.
Cueva moma → Abrigo I is 126 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo I → Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 103 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I → back through Abrigo I is 102 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abrigo I → Cueva moma is 127 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.