NorthCape-Tarifa

Cycling from the most northern to the most southern point on the European mainland crossing different countries, cultures and sceneries. Start your journey at 24 hours daylight up in the north, end your journey at the Mediterranean Sea, with its warm sunny weather with view to the next continent, Africa.

The NorthCape-Tarifa bike adventure is a single-stage, unsupported, 7400km cycling adventure across Europe. The longest bicycle race in Europe.

Registration for 2022.

4 distances, 4 finish points

Start for the 3th edition	NorthCape June 20th 2021 / 00:01
Categories	Single rider Pair riders Recumbent bikes
Time limit	None
Lowest route point	-211m, below sea level (minus 211m)
Highest route point	3398m, Pico del Veleta
Col d’Iseran, 2764m	Highest mountain pass in the Alps
Port d’Envalira, 2409m	Highest all year open mountain pass in Europe and highest pass in the Pyronees
Pico del Veleta, 3398m	Highest ridable road in Europe
Checkpoints/finish points	Helsinki, Bregenz, (Col du Galibier), Nice, (Port d’Envalira), (Pico del Veleta), Tarifa
15 countries	Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Csechia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, France, Andorra, Spain

An adventure of your lifetime…

More videos you find on the video page.

A safe route…

“The race organizer Andi Buchs had set out not only to make a challenging race, but above all one which was VERY safe. I can count on one hand the number of times I felt I was on a dangerous road over the entire 7,390 km. And that is with fingers to spare.

This really set the race apart from others where the organizers either are not overly concerned about the traffic situations, or allow riders to select their own routes. It is simply impossible to know how safe a road is without being there on your bike, and Andi rode the entire route when planning the race.“

– Christopher Ross Bennett

Read Christopher Ross Bennett’s whole blog about his NorthCape-Tarifa adventure.

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