2025 Bluewater International Gran Fondo

Le Loop

June 26 - July 20 2026
Bilbao Spain
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Distances: Up to 3,344 km
Difficulty: Ultra Distance and Climbing for events well over 100 miles

The Route 2026: Barcelona to Paris - Fri 26th June - Mon 20th July

What do we know so far about the 2026 Route?

Grab your castanets, we’re heading to the home of tapas, the Sagrada Familia and creme Catalan!

The first stage is (for the Pros) a 19.7km team time trial around the City of Barcelona. We won’t race it as teams; instead we’ll enjoy the opportunity for a sight-seeing ride past the port and beaches, the Sagrada Familia and a finish at the Monjuic Olympic park complex. It’s a true “Hello Barcelona” moment on bikes and a wonderful way to meet fellow cyclists and consider what lies ahead…

Stage 2 is a beauty: we’ll start with a transfer west along the coast to Tarragona and we cycle back to our finish in Barcelona (note, two nights in the same hotel!). The first half of the 176km ride is as good as flat (famous last words) but then as we approach Barcelona, the route turns left and veers off into the hills for a few punchy climbs to test us and culminating in three laps of the Olympic park (that’s three more little hill climbs) to finish. A truly spectacular Spanish stage!

Stage 3 departs from Granollers, the Spanish handball capital and home to a famous F1 Grand Prix circuit. We haven’t been told much about the route other than it will finish “somewhere in France”, will cross the border after “about 100km” and “won’t be without difficulty”. From that we think it’s reasonable to assume that day three will acquaint us with the Pyrenees and some lower gears. We can’t wait!

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Start Located At: Bilbao, Spain
 
 
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Jun 26 2026 - EVENT: Le Loop