Biking Spain's Basque Country and Cycling its Climbs
Planning to Cycle Spain's north and check off all those climbs? With roads like these and its Vuelta a España history,
you are in for a treat. Get to know some
of the Basque Country's road cycling heritage before you go!Cycling the Basque Country is excellent and road
cyclists will love the climbs here, which can be anything from short and impossibly steep to
milder inclines but always with some staggering scenery and dramatic landscape.There are so many to choose from it is hard to make time to cycle them
all. Bike such notables as the Category 2 climb, Alto
de Arrate (“Alto Ixua”) which has been a stage final for the Vuelta a
España 3 times or even the nice Cat 1, Alto
de Bianditz which is a good one as it never gets too steep to
breath!Give Jaizkibel a go which can be climbed from both sides of
the east and west. Eager for something more, bike the brutal Urkiola, a great one to challenge
every road cyclist with its 7% average on the short (5.4km) route which
reaches some…