He Barcelona-Catalonia Circuit. The route is 4,657 meters. Many motor fans can almost recite every curve by heart. It is one of the most iconic and memorable tracks in world motorsport. But on weekends it is, for 24 hours, an amateur cycling center for more than 600 bicycle fans.
The Mussara 24H celebrates its fourth edition on July 8 and 9. And it does, moreover, with record participation. That more than half a thousand cyclists is a milestone in a test that leads to five years of history.
More than a cyclo-sports race, it is a challenge against the clock, a test of endurance, an unrivaled example of cycling as a team sport and a unique opportunity to ride a spectacular circuit.
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, the nearly 150 teams that make up the march squad will start. Groups of 2, 4, 6 or 8 runners, who will face either of the two challenges offered by the test: 12 or 24 hours. During that time, the teams have to try to do as many laps of the circuit as possible.
The aim is to improve the sports figures achieved in the 2022 edition. Ilerllengues-Prats Cycling Team he was the fastest in the 12-hour category, with 98 laps of the Circuit. While in 24-hour mode, Eastern Watts He continues to assert his supremacy: three editions and three wins. A total of 196 laps in a full day.
different strategies
To improve these numbers, the teams will organize as they like, in another sample of that cycling without the limitations that characterize the Mussara brand. Only one cyclist per team can ride at any time. The rest will wait in the pits for their chance to start and rest for the challenge ahead.
The sports nutrition brand Etixx will provide participants with recovery products and isotonic drinks in the organization box. All of these can give 100% in the hours that this ultra-resistance challenge lasts.
For others, the teams themselves decide how to dress their operations center. Boxes full of food, drinks, rest areas, music… but, above all, that fun, emotion and love for the bike that characterizes the peloton of any Mussara event.
Source: La Verdad
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