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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313 km from Torre del Compte to Torre del Compte, about 5 h 04 of riding. It goes by way of Camino de la Cova Plana l, Albi II / Balma dels Punts and back through Camino de la Cova Plana l. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Matarraña, or Matarranya in Catalan, is a river that runs from the high ground of the Ports de Beseit through southern Teruel and down toward the Ebro, and its valley is one of the most appealing corners of inland Spain. Els Gascons lies nine kilometres from Valderrobres and seven from Calaceite, in a country of olive groves, almond terraces and low stone walls. The painted shelters here are among the eastern outliers of the Levantine art that UNESCO listed in 1998, and the catalogue includes names such as Valcomuna and Albi, which turn up in this route.
Read the complete Els Gascons write-up.
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Els Gascons is where the day begins. Next is Camino de la Cova Plana l.
Where the Segre and the Cinca rivers meet the Ebro, the land opens out into a dry, tawny basin that feels far from the sea. Mequinenza sits at the heart of it, a small town of about 2,500 people that has a story unlike any other on the Ebro. The old town was flooded in the 1960s when the Ribarroja dam created the Mar de Aragón, a huge reservoir, and the inhabitants were moved to a new town built higher up. The writer Jesús Moncada, born here, wrote about the vanished town in his novel Camino de sirga, and the loss still colours the way people talk about the place.
Read the complete Camino de la Cova Plana l write-up.
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Camino de la Cova Plana l comes up about 75 km into the recorded legs. Next is Albi II / Balma dels Punts.
L'Albi is a small village on a hill in Les Garrigues, the dry, olive-covered district southeast of Lleida, and its name appears in the archaeological record thanks to rock shelters in the area, including the Balma dels Punts, the shelter of the dots. The name suggests schematic paintings in the form of dots and lines, typical of the later phase of prehistoric art in the region, and the site is part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The shelters are small and fragile, and some can only be visited with a guide, so check with the town hall or a local interpretation centre before heading out.
Read the complete Albi II / Balma dels Punts write-up.
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about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Albi II / Balma dels Punts. Next is back through Camino de la Cova Plana l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Camino de la Cova Plana l write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Camino de la Cova Plana l, late in the day. Next is Els Gascons.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Els Gascons write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Els Gascons. That is the ride.
Els Gascons → Camino de la Cova Plana l is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Camino de la Cova Plana l → Albi II / Balma dels Punts is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Albi II / Balma dels Punts → back through Camino de la Cova Plana l is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Camino de la Cova Plana l → Els Gascons is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.