Haute Route Pyrenees with twowheeltours

The 2014 Haute Route Pyrenees unveiled twowheeltours is excited to continue our relationship as an Official Tour Operator for the Haute Route Pyrenees. We will be at all three cyclo-sportives in 2014 - Dolomites, Alps and Pyrenees. The new route for 2014 has been revealed with more than 80% of the course introducing new terrain and climbs to the riders compared to 2013. The Departure and Arrival cities for 2014 remain the same as the iconic city of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) will, once again, welcome the 500 amateur riders as the starting point of the 2014 Haute Route Pyrenees, finishing in the beautiful resort of Anglet (Basque Coast, France) along the Atlantic Ocean. The Haute Route Pyrenees will take place from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th September 2014, combining 790km cycling distance and 19,500 meters of vertical ascent, crossing 21 challenging Pyrenean cols and ascents between Spain and France. The route rediscovers the legendary ascents of Tourmalet, Peyresourde, Soulor and Aubisque and introduces new legends, such as, Port de Pailhères, Ax-3-Domaines, Hourquette d’Ancizan and Marie-Blanque. twowheeltours will again offer our high level fully catered packages. There is an11 day package where riders come in to the Barcelona area two days prior to the start and have two days to relax after the race in 5 star luxury in the beautiful Biarritz. We also offer an 8 day package, riders come into the the Barcelona area the day before the race begins and are apart of our fully catered tour during the race. For more information on our package - click here. Between the sea and the ocean, the first and last stage will cross Spanish terrain whilst the other five stages will roll across France. Nine different venues will welcome the Haute Route Pyrenees peloton including five new venue partners for this edition: Ripoll, Font Romeu, Ax-les-Thermes, Luz-St-Sauveur and St-Jean-Pied-de-Port. The 2014 route offers seven different timed stages in the following formats - 5 ‘classic’ stages (averaging 120km with 3 main climbs), a ‘marathon’ stage (148km with 4 cols and 3,900m vertical ascent) and an individual time trial (Col du Tourmalet, from Luz-St-Sauveur). Haute Route Pyrenees 2014 Stage by Stage: • Event Village Sunday 31st August: Barcelona (Spain) • Stage 1 Monday 1st September: Ripoll to Font Romeu (93km, 2500m D+) • Stage 2 Tuesday 2nd September: Font Romeu to Ax-3-Domaines (120km, 3000m D+) • Stage 3 Wednesday 3rd September: Ax-les-Thermes to Bagnères-de-Luchon (160 km, 2700m D+) • Stage 4 Thursday 4th September: Bagnères-de-Luchon to Argelès-Gazost (120km, 3800m D+) • Stage 5 Friday 5th September: Individual Time Trial – Col du Tourmalet (18.5km, 1500m D+) • Stage 6 Saturday 6th September: Argelès-Gazost to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port (148km, 3900m D+) • Stage 7 Sunday 7th September: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Anglet Basque Coast (124km, 2000m D+) Haute Route Pyrenees 2014 Cols & Ascents: • Stage 1: Merolla 1103m / Creueta 1933m / Font Romeu 1800m • Stage 2: Moulis 1099m / Garabeil 1262m / Port de Pailhères 2001m / Ax-3-Domaines 1380m • Stage 3: Port 1250m / Portet d’Aspet 1069m / Menté 1349m • Stage 4: Peyresourde 1569m / Hourquette d’Ancizan 1564m / Tourmalet 2117m • Stage 5: Tourmalet 2117m • Stage 6: Soulor 1474m / Aubisque 1709m / Marie-Blanque 1035m / Ahusquy 1070m • Stage 7: Ispeguy 672m / Otxondo 570m / Ibardin 317m Haute Route Pyrenees 2014 in numbers: Total distance: 790km Cols & Ascents: 21 Total Ascent: 19,500m Total Descent: 17,700m 5 Classic stages + 1 Marathon stage + 1 Individual Time Trial Highest col: Tourmalet 2117m Marathon stage (stage 6): 148km, 4 cols, 3900m of climbing