The Granfondo da Volta ao Algarve is back in Lagoa.
The 2023 edition, with departures and arrivals in Lagoa, will take place on the 19th of February and promises to relive all the emotions of this great cycling competition.
This is the opportunity for everyone to pedal on the same stage that will receive the big international stars, who, once again, will make up the peloton of the Volta ao Algarve. The proposed challenge is for each one to overcome himself, cycling through the Algarve yet to be discovered, while experiencing the atmosphere of the Volta ao Algarve, one of the biggest sporting events in the country.
Participants in the Algarve Granfondo will have the opportunity to climb Fóia, the highest point in the Algarve, a mythical place in the decision of the Volta ao Algarve. It will be one of three climbs on the longer route. The Granfondo, with 134 kilometers and an accumulated of 2325 meters, or the Mediofondo, with 88 kilometers and an accumulated of 1220 meters. In both cases, departure (FATACIL) and arrival (Auditorium Carlos do Carmo) will be in Lagoa.
This year there will be something new in the Algarve Granfondo. Classifications will be made by age category. Both in the men’s and women’s sector, winners will be found in under-23, elite, master 30, master 40, master 50 and master 60.