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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 on the world.

20.06.2023: 45-SouthWest
Krakow – Tarifa / 4200km
some of the highlights:
Col de Tende, Gorges du Verdon (biggest Canyon in Europe, also called “Grand Canyon du Verdon”), Mont Ventoux, Col du Tourmalet, spanish windmills, Pico del Veleta.

Find the list of all our events here:
https://transbike-adventures.com/en/events/

The NorthCape-Tarifa starts every 2nd year:
always midnight June 20th / 00:01
2022 – 2024 – 2026 – 2028

4 distances, 4 finish points
Finish Helsinki
1753km / 15,000vm
Finish Bregenz
4070km / 28,000vm
Finish Nice
5370km / 48,100vm
Finish Tarifa
7370km / 80,000vm
Start for the
3th edition
NorthCape
June 20th 2022 / 00:01
CategoriesSingle rider
Pair riders
Recumbent bikes
Time limitNone
Lowest route point-211m, below sea level (minus 211m)
Highest route point3398m, Pico del Veleta
Col d’Iseran, 2764mHighest mountain pass in the Alps
Port d’Envalira, 2409mHighest all year open mountain pass in Europe and highest pass in the Pyronees
Pico del Veleta, 3398mHighest ridable road in Europe
Checkpoints/finish pointsHelsinki, Bregenz, (Col du Galibier), Nice, (Port d’Envalira), (Pico del Veleta), Tarifa
15 countriesNorway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, 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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