Continental Gravel Ride Tour Sea Otter Europe - Girona 2026

Some people take their sweetheart to the Intercontinental, but you’re expected at the Continental Gravel Ride Tour Sea Otter Europe - Girona ! ✨

Are you a big fan of two-wheeled racing? 🚵 It’s in Girona, on the Costa Brava that the biggest cycling program in Europe is waiting for you. The Continental Gravel Ride Tour Sea Otter Europe - Girona is an event that takes place as part of Sea Otter Europe, bringing together as many Gravel races as Trial, Cyclosportive, MTB or MTB 🏔️. In short, it’s the ultimate championship for all kinds of bikes. But here, we’re going to focus on one discipline that’s really trending: Gravel 🫵.

Here, you’re at the Continental Gravel Ride Tour Sea Otter Europe - Girona, good luck remembering the exact name... The vibe is more hard-packed dirt, woodland and autumn light 🍂. If your bike prefers gritty tracks to perfectly straight lines, you’re in the right place ✅. Girona opens directly onto the Gavarres massif, this gently rolling landscape carpeted with pines and oaks, which has made the region a popular training ground for the pros for years 🚴. It’s no coincidence that so many professional riders have set down their bags in the area: the mild weather, varied terrain, and dense network of tracks make it possible to train year-round without ever really doing the same thing twice 🏞️. Between fast forest tracks, more technical trails, and stone villages dropped in the middle of nowhere, the region has everything it takes to turn a simple bike ride into a little adventure, far from asphalt and traffic 🤌.

Only one format this year, but it delivers on its promises: 78.4 km and 853 mD+ 📏. Leaving Girona is very gentle, along the Ter, between poplars and quiet little roads—you’re on a start that almost makes you forget you’re racing 😎. Then comes Monells, a small stone village that marks a real turning point in the route: a climb that kicks up hard toward a protected natural area. It’s there, between the 40th and the 60th kilometer, that the race is truly decided: most of the elevation gain is concentrated in this section. The high point of the course tops out at 413 m above sea level, before a technical descent that doesn’t leave much respite ⛰️. Two aid stations await you along the way, to refuel before the most demanding sections. And finally, it’s time to head back to Girona via the Sant Daniel valley, following the Galligants river, for a gentle finish right in the heart of the city 🌆.

After the effort, the adventure is only just beginning. Already on site, the  Sea Otter Europe festival continues with more than 500 brands present, and 70,000 visitors over the whole weekend 🥳. So if you’re passionate about two wheels, you’ll find what you’re looking for 😌. Then, don’t forget you’re right in the center of Girona : stroll through the Barri Vell (the old town), cross the colorful houses on the Onyar, climb up to the ramparts of the Passeig de la Muralla (if you’ve still got a bit of juice left in your legs 😅), or take a break at the Cathedral of Girona to slow things down 🏰. And if you’ve had your fill of the local capital, you can hop in the car and head to Barcelona or Lloret Del Mar🚗. We’ll let you choose between nightclubs and a caliente atmosphere, or tasty and cultural discoveries in the country’s economic capital 🕺. In Spain, you’re spoiled for choice: dance, ride, eat... or all at the same time ✅.

Don’t hesitate any longer and book your ticket to Girona—you’ll see the setting is going to be Continental monumental! 😁