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Barbarella from New Zealand, the oldest rider in this year’s NorthCape-Tarifa, completed her incredible journey to Tarifa last Friday. She covered the challenging 7,400 km course in an impressive 64 days and 13 hours. Congratulations, Barbarella – what an achievement!

The results are now finalized, featuring all the checkpoint and finish times. You can view them here: https://www.northcape-tarifa.com/2024-results/

A huge thank you to all the riders who made this year’s NorthCape-Tarifa a remarkable success! Together, they covered a total distance of 190,190 km, and most importantly, they did so without any accidents.

The next edition of NorthCape-Tarifa will kick off on June 20th, 2026, with registration opening on August 4th, 2025. But before that, we’re excited for the 45-SouthWest, a shorter 4,400 km route from Krakow to Tarifa. This adventure will take you through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, France, and Spain, with shared checkpoints in Nice and Pico del Veleta. Registration is already open: https://45southwest.com/

We look forward to seeing you soon at the start of one of our next adventures!

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Nick Dobinson complited the 7400km NorthCape-Tarifa course in 52 days, 20 hours and 45min.

Congratulations Nick!

Nick: “I can honestly say that NCT has been the journey of a lifetime – I’ve wanted for years to travel the length of Europe by bike, but NCT has pushed me to take on some challenges that I almost certainly wouldn’t have considered. So a huge thanks for all your efforts in organising this amazing event.”

Photos from Col du Galibier and Tarifa.

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Sarah Dunker completed the NorthCape-Tarifa course in 50 days, 8 hours and 29 minutes.

Sarah had to make a brake at Luino, Italy health related. She went by train home and 5 days later she came back by train to continue her journey on the route.

Congratulations Sarah!
What an impressive performance.

Photos from Col du Galibier and at the finish.

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47 days, 22 hours and 17 minutes needed Birgit Zimmermann for the 7400km route from the NorthCape to Tarifa. Birgit already finished other big races and still has some projects open.

Congratulations, Birgit, on this remarkable achievement.

We wish you lots of fun and success on your future projects.

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Kurt Keersmaeckers completed the 7400km course from the NorthCape to Tarifa in 46 days and 18 hours.

“It was a wonderful amazing unforgettable journey.”

Congratulations Kurt!
And thank you Kurt to be part of this NorthCape-Tarifa.

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Kimmo Aho finished his journey in 40 days and 4 hours. Kimmo Aho, from Finland, arrived in Tarifa on the 30th of July. For the 7,400 km journey, he needed 40 days and 4 hours. We found Kimmo in Spain after the Port del Cantó, drying all his equipment. The night before, he encountered a heavy storm at this Pyrenees pass, and everything got wet. Kimmo stayed outside all night. He took a room every fifth night.

Congratulations, Kimmo!

Photos: from the finish in Tarifa and the Spanish Pyrenees.

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Peter Felten achieved an incredible feat by completing the 7,400 km route from NorthCape to Tarifa in 39 days, 20 hours, and 30 minutes. He is the first rider to finish this challenging route twice.

During his journey, Peter faced a significant challenge when he broke his rear wheel after hitting a stone in the Baltic region. Despite this setback, he persevered and cycled an astonishing 1,700 km to Bregenz on the damaged wheel, where he was finally able to replace it. With a new wheel, Peter picked up speed and made up some lost time.

When he crossed the finish line in Tarifa, he was just 43 hours and 35 minutes behind his time from two years ago.

Congratulations, Peter, on this remarkable achievement.

Photos: from the finish in Tarifa and Port del Cantó climb.

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Stefano Pellegrini finished his 7,400 km journey from the North Cape to Tarifa on July 28th at 14:30. It took him 38 days, 14 hours, and 30 minutes. Stefano enjoyed the route a lot and has many stories to tell. It was a pleasure to meet Stefano at the start of the climb up to the 1,725 m high Port del Cantó. The climb to this pass in the Spanish Pyrenees stretches over 25 km and ascends 1,100 vertical meters. Stefano had already cycled over the Port d’Envalira that day, and he arrived in Spain 6,000 km after the start in Italian style: his jersey and shoes were still white, just like on the first day.

Congratulations, Stefano!
Have a good journey back home and see you next year.

Photos: From Port del Cantó and Tarifa.

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We met Tamás at Escucha an ancient mining town in Spain. The  lignite mine worked from the 40’s until 1968. We took the chance to talk to Tamás while he had short rest for some food and drink. He stayed most of the time the nights outside, took a room every 4th night. Tamás liked the route a lot and arrived 25th of July 21:11 in the evening in Tarifa.

Congratulations Tamás!

Photos: From the finish Tarifa and on the route from at Escucha.

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Kurt-Aurel Stoessel finished his journey from the NorthCape to Tarifa in 34 days and 13 hours 11 minutes. We met Kurt-Aurel before Alcaraz while he was racing against Mario and the wind. The two riders had almost the same pace on the route.

Congratulations Kurt-Aurel!

Photos: From the checkpoint Pico del Veleta and on the route from La Roda to Alcaraz.

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