Quebrantahuesos

Spain's best-known sportive crosses the Pyrenees twice in a single 200 km loop from Sabiñánigo: north over the Somport into France, over the Col de Marie-Blanque, then back into Spain over the long Portalet before the Hoz de Jaca. The Marie-Blanque is the climb people talk about, while the Portalet is a long grind late in the day. Riders wanting a shorter day can enter the 85 km Treparriscos. The 2027 edition is on June 19. Places are allocated by lottery, and a field of several thousand riders gives the start a festival feel and keeps groups together on the flatter valley roads. Mid-June can bring real heat on the Spanish side, so drinking and pacing on the Portalet matter as much as climbing form.