12/05/2026
"The cycling dream." 🌅
That's how UK cycling magazine Sportive.com described our roads last week — after their journalist Amy Young flew over from England in April to ride with us at UNCHAINED and take on the Mediterranean Epic Gran Fondo.
Their headline went further:
"Move over, Mallorca! This Mediterranean Gran Fondo is coming for Spain's sportive crown."
Amy had already ridden Mallorca, Calpe, Tenerife, the Canaries — she knows what Spanish cycling looks like. After a week on our roads, she wrote about the empty climbs, the smooth tarmac, the pan con tomate and cold Estrella after the ride, the villa pool overlooking the Mediterranean, the guests who'd travelled from Scotland, France and America, and the moment Alpecin–Premier Tech pros came past her on a recon ride.
She got Benicàssim. Properly got it.
It's a long, generous, honest piece of writing — and if you've ever wondered what we actually do here, or whether the Costa del Azahar is the real deal, this is the article we'd send you.
👉 Read it here: https://sportive.com/2026/05/11/move-over-mallorca-this-mediterranean-gran-fondo-is-coming-for-spains-sportive-crown/
Two ways to ride it for yourself in 2026:
🚴♀️ La Vuelta 26 Benicàssim Experience — Thursday 27 August. Stage 6 passes our roads.
🚴 UNCHAINED 2027 — April. The week Amy wrote about. Waitlist now open.
Both at https://www.pedalandpause.com/post/when-sportive-com-came-to-benic%C3%A0ssim-what-a-uk-cycling-journalist-discovered-on-the-costa-del-azaha 🇪🇸
To Amy, and to the riders who trusted us with their week in April — thank you. We're still smiling.
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