1st Edition
GGAT1
20 November 2021
GRANGUANCHE
800 km
TRAIL
+ 20.000 m
Oscar
Pujol
2 days 20 hrs 41 mins
Daniela
Kirchner
4 days 9 hrs 14 mins
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The GranGuanche Audax Trail 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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Audax starts at 22:00
1st Night – Lanzarote
120km +2.450m » Next ferry in 9h30min
Take it easy, you will finish around 6 am. Try to sleep for a couple of hours.
≈ Ferry: Armas 08:00 (35min)
1st Day – Fuerteventura
160km +2.600m » Next ferry in 8h40min – Avg speed 19km/h
generally goes on fast gravel roads but includes a slow hike-a-bike section.
It’s a challenge. Only two riders made the ferry in the last edition.
Time limit as reference:
2 pm, Pajara -> 4:30 pm, Sotavento beach, lagoon
≈ Ferry: Armas 18:00 (120min)
2nd Night – Gran Canaria
140km +3.950m » Next ferry in 9h – Avg speed 16km/h
Includes a few hike-a-bike sections, a steep climb a long unpaved descent.
It’s a real challenge. Nobody made the ferry in the last edition.
Time limit as reference:
10 pm, Telde -> 1:30 am Tejeda -> 4:30 am El Risco
≈ Ferry: Fred Olsen 06:00 (80min)
2nd Day – Tenerife
170km +4.600m » Next ferry in 11h – Avg speed 16km/h
It’s a challenge.
Time limit as reference:
10:30 am, La Laguna -> 4:00 pm, Observatory -> 6:00 pm, Vilaflor
≈ Ferry: Fred Olsen 19:00 (150min)
3rd Day – La Palma
190km +6.450m
We will sleep a few hours and start the final loop at 5 am.
It’s a long ride with a massive elevation gain, you will finish late at night.
You made it!
5 DAYS
PACE
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Audax starts at 22:00
1st Night – Lanzarote
120km +2.450m » Next ferry in 9h30min
Take it easy, you will ride all night.
1st Day – ≈ Ferry: Romero 09:30 or Fred Olsen 10:00
Fuerteventura
160km +2.600m – It’s a long day, you will ride until late evening, and the ferry is the next morning.
2nd Night – Sleep in Fuerteventura, Morro Jable
2nd Day ≈ Ferry: Fred Olsen 06:30 (120min)
Gran Canaria
140km +3.950m – the ferry is the next morning.
It’s a challenging ride. Includes a steep climb, hike-a-bike sections and unpaved descent.
3rd Night – sleep in Agaete
3rd Day ≈ Ferry: Fred Olsen 06:00 (80min)
Tenerife
170km +4.600m – the ferry is the next morning.
It’s a long day that will finish late at night.
4th Night – sleep in Vilaflor
4th Day ≈ Ferry: Fred Olsen 08:30 (185min)
La Palma
190km +6.450m
It’s a long ride with a massive elevation gain. You may want to sleep in Tazacorte or bivy in the mountains. You will finish in the afternoon of the 5th day.
PARTY
PACE
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Audax starts at 22:00
1st Night – Lanzarote
40km +1.000m
Sleep near Teguise or Famara, you will be there at about 1 am.
1st Day – Lanzarote -> Fuerteventura
100km +1.250m
15:00 or 16:30 ferry to Fuerteventura. Sleep near El Cotillo or Tindaya
2nd Day – Fuerteventura
130km +2.200m
Sleep near Morro Jable. Take the first ferry in the morning to Gran Canaria.
3rd Day – Gran Canaria
80km +2.600m
Sleep near Tejeda.
4th Day – Gran Canaria -> Tenerife
90km +2.450m
16:00 ferry to Tenerife. Sleep in La Laguna or La Esperanza.
5th Day – Tenerife -> La Palma
130km +3.700m
Start riding at 5 am.
19:00 ferry to La Palma. Sleep in Santa Cruz
6th and 7th Day – La Palma
190km +6.450m
It’s a long ride with a massive elevation gain, it will take two days. Sleep in Tazacorte o Los Llanos. You made it!
