2nd Edition
GGAR2
21 January 2023
GRANGUANCHE
600 km
ROAD
+ 14.000 m
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Laurens
ten Dam
1 day 11 hrs 51 mins
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Lael
Wilcox
1 days 16 hrs 15 mins
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Laurens
ten Dam
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Guillaume
Bourgeois
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Emilio
Castro
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Philippe
Bechet
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Jochen
Böhringer
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The GranGuanche Audax is a self-supported, single-stage, fixed-route, endurance cycling event across the Canary Islands. It’s not a race, it’s a collective adventure and a challenge to finish the route. There’s no cut-off time, there are no prizes, no medals, no brevet cards or finisher diplomas. The Audax is focused on the experience rather than the final results.
It’s a demanding route for experienced riders as it includes serious climbs, high mountains, and remote areas. Experienced means well-trained, technically skilled, and wisely equipped. Exhaustion, sleep deprivation, and night rides add even more risk to a challenging ride. Participants are fully responsible for their safety and logistics.
The Audax Pace
Is the challenge to connect all the scheduled ferries in a non-stop ride, it’s only achievable by ultra-cycling athletes, the entry fee will be fully refunded to every rider fast enough to make it. Other pace scenarios are just a planning resource, not an achievement.
AUDAX
PACE
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Consider you will have to be at the arbour 15 minutes before the ferry leaves.
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Audax starts at 08:00
1st Day – Sun 22nd – Lanzarote
110km +1.700m » Next ferry in 4h15min – Avg speed 25km/h
≈ Ferry: Romero 12:30 (45min) or Armas 13:00 (35min)
1st Day – Sun 22nd – Fuerteventura
135km +2.150m » Next ferry in 4h45min – Avg speed 27km/h
Keep a steady pace. Only stop for a quick resupply in Pajara.
≈ Ferry: Armas 18:00 (120min)
1st Night – Gran Canaria
135km +3.550m » Next ferry in 10h
It’s a steep climb and a long descent in the dark. Take it easy and ride safely. Try to rest a couple of hours at the arbour.
≈ Ferry: Fred Olsen 06:00 (80min)
2nd Day – Mon 23rd – Tenerife
145km +3.650m » Next ferry in 7h10min – Avg speed 20km/h
It’s a challenging climb. Time limit as reference: Km0, Santa Cruz h07:30 – Km 40, La Laguna h9:30 – Km80, Observatory h12:00, – Km120, Vilaflor 13:30.
≈ Ferry: Armas 14:30 (50min)
La Gomera
100km +3.100m
It’s a final sprint with a massive elevation gain, you will finish around 8 pm.
