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Cycling Gran Fondo through the Pyrenees

7 days and one mission:

Cross the Pyrenees from sea to sea

If you love asphalt, secret roads, and enjoy road cycling, the Backroads category is perfect for you. Ride through stunning landscapes, mythical mountain passes, and winding valleys and mountains, as you conquer the Pyrenees from sea to sea, from the Mediterranean Sea (Roses) to the Atlantic Ocean (Irun).

BACKROADS

Deporvillage Transpyr C2C

7 days of pure adventure
Transpyr Coast to Coast jersey
Luggage transfer

From

1.095 €

Between mythical passes and secret roads

Internationally recognized as one of the best stage races.
Participate in the most transformative road cycling event that will take you through the most breathtaking landscapes of the Pyrenees.

1.000 kilometers

20.000 meters of elevation gain

7 days

from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

Stage Race
Road Cycling

The Backroads category offers a stage race that will take you to conquer the Pyrenees from sea to sea, on a journey full of adventure, beautiful roads, mythical passes, and stunning landscapes.

Different Participation Categories

Discover the various categories to experience the Deporvillage Transpyr Coast to Coast in the Backroads mode.

FULL: Complete the entire event
EAST: Complete the first 4 stages
WEST: Complete the last 3 stages

Optional Services for the Sea-to-Sea Adventure

We offer services to make your participation in the Deporvillage Transpyr Coast to Coast easier.

Some services are provided directly by the organization, while others, such as accommodation, transportation, physiotherapy, and mechanical assistance, are managed by external companies and should be booked directly with them.

There are things that must be experienced at least once in a lifetime, and the Deporvillage Transpyr Coast to Coast is definitely one of them!

The Pyrenees will steal your heart.

Meet participants from previous editions.

In 2021, I participated in the Transpyr Coast to Coast, an epic cycling tour through the heart of the Pyrenees. The experience changed something in me. And I want to do it again.

Lina Bo

BACKROADS

The Transpyr is one of the toughest and most demanding races, but its landscapes, villages, cuisine, and fellow adventurers more than make up for it, offering the best experience of your life. A monumental challenge to cross the Pyrenees and make friends for life.

Tomi Misser

BACKROADS

The Transpyr is much more than a race; it’s a personal and mental challenge that helps you discover your limits, surrounded by friends and the best possible environment. Don’t just let others tell you about it—experience it for yourself!

Adolfo Tannenbaum

BACKROADS

The Transpyr Coast to Coast is one of the best stage races. Riding through the most legendary mountain passes and finishing by the sea is one of the most magical experiences I’ve ever had.

Santi Millán

BACKROADS

Transpyr Backroads is an event created by cyclists, for cyclists. The experience will change your life.

Ian Meyhew

BACKROADS

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Everything you need to know.

The Deporvillage Transpyr Coast to Coast is for you if you train regularly and achieve the proper physical and mental preparation.

Participants must be able to maintain an average speed of no less than 12 km/h on each stage.

The race consists of 7 stages, covering approximately 1,000 km in distance and nearly 20,000 m of accumulated elevation gain, averaging 145 km and around 2,800 m of elevation gain per day.

Track Transpyr Backroads.
Route book with maps and stage profiles.
Participation gift.
Supplies during the stage and at each arrival.
Pasta party and informative meetings prior to each stage.
Route checks.
Medical assistance and rescue during the stage.
Compulsory insurance.
Bicycle wash point at the end of each stage.
Transpyr Bag to transport the personal luggage (maximum load of 20 kg).
Transfer of the Transpyr Bag from accommodation to accommodation, limited to the town center of the stage town.
Transfer of personal bag until the last stage (see conditions)
Transpyr Backroads Jersey
Finisher Distinction (reserved for those who complete the seven-stage tour within the required time).

The booking of accommodation is the responsibility of the participant, but we make it very easy for you.

You can book it on your own at each stage point, you can travel by campervan or you can hire the PACK HOTEL offered by VALUA TRAVEL with different options.

Accommodation is not included in the registration fee.

The organisation will give you a bag during the accreditation so that you can put all your belongings in it.

This Transpyr bag will be delivered every day to your accommodation (as long as it is within the urban centre of the stage point).

If you wish, we can send the bag to your home before the accreditation so that you can organise yourself better!

The bag cannot weigh more than 20 kg.

Breakfast is the responsibility of the participant, although it is included in the hotel packs.

During the route, the organization will provide solid and liquid refreshment posts. One of the refreshment posts serves a lunch based on rice or pasta. At the end of the route there is another light refreshment post.

The registration also includes a carbohydrate-based meal, at sunset, before each stage.

It is recommended to take some kind of energy supplement and to start the stage with at least one litre of drink

If you wish to return home from Saint Jean de Luz:

Once the Transpyr Coast to Coast is over, there is a SHUTTLE BUS available to take you back (departure the morning after arrival in Roses).

Approx. price: 100€

If you are transporting your bike in a bike box, we can store it safely for you.

Approx. price: 50€

You can leave your vehicle in an (unmonitored) parking lot in Saint Jean de Luz.

If you wish to return home from Roses or Barcelona:

A SHUTTLE BUS is available to Barcelona after the final stage in Roses.

Approx. price: 100€

We can transport any luggage you don’t need and your bike box to the final stage.

Approx. price: 50€

No. The Compulsory Sports Insurance is included in the participant pack. However, each participant is free to take out and use other complementary insurance if they wish.

A medical assistance service is present along the route. Its mission is to attend to injured or injured persons DURING THE ROUND OF EACH STAGE. Once the stage has finished, any participant requiring medical attention must be attended to by the public or private medical services of the municipality.

No, accreditation and briefing are held the day before departure.

No. Participation is reserved for people over 18 years old.

It is not necessary to be in possession of a cycling license.

Mandatory insurance is already included in the participating pack. If you think it’s necessary, you can book an additional insurance policy on your own to extend coverage.

Once your belongings have been transferred to the Transpyr Bag that we will give you in the accreditation, you can:

Leave your suitcase to family members, if they have accompanied you,
Leave it in your car, if you have come by car
Leave it with us, and we will transport it to you until the end of the event. In the latter case, the suitcase will be at the start or end town until the last day of the event, when we transport it to Roses so that you have it on the day of arrival. If for whatever reason you must leave the event in the middle of the tour you will have to go find your suitcase wherever you are.

The transfer of the bicycle chest / box to the destination of DeporvillageTranspyr Coast to Coast is an optional service to book.

You can also contract the shipment of the Transpyr Bag to your house before the race.

Participants who cover the route planned by the organization within the maximum hours set for, will be considered “finishers” of Transpyr Backroads.

The GPS track can be checked in case of doubt.

Following a route through a GPS is quite simple. Of course, you must be sure that the chosen device is suitable for the practice of cycling (it can be mounted on the handlebar and visualized well), it has enough memory to record a route of more than 150 km with records every 50 meters, and It has a battery capacity of more than 12 hours (and you carry replacement batteries).

In Deporvillage Transpyr Backroads it is essential to avoid any mechanical setback. Participants can contract a mechanical service in advance to have the bikes checked at the end of each stage.

During the stages, it is not possible to assist the participants and the organization will not directly have anybody in this regard.

The organization guarantees the existence of bicycle cleaning points at the end of each stage, either with hoses or pressurized machines, as well as a small self-workshop space.

Of course!

Your friends and family will be able to attend the different events: departure and arrival, briefing, pasta party … For this purpose, we have created the Accompanying Pack.

It is a pack designed so that they can come to cheer you up and share the Deporvillage Transpyr Coast to Coast adventure, enjoying it to the fullest. This pack includes accreditation as a companion, a tourist dossier to discover the wonders of the Pyrenees, tickets for Pasta Party, parking in a reserved area (at some stage towns) and other accessories.

If your companions only come one day, you will have the option to buy the daily party pasta ticket.

The Accompanying Pack can be purchased through your private area or at the organization’s office (RACE OFFICE).

Deporvillage Transpyr Coast to Coast takes place in June looking for maximum daylight and good weather. However, the meteorological difference in the Cantabrian and Mediterranean slopes and the altitude that will be reached at certain points of the route (maximum around 2000 m) must be considered, with the possibility of fast meteorological changes in mountainous environments.