Spring destinations by road bike: Island comparison - The 5 best road bike islands
Jörg Wenzel
· 20.03.2017
In addition to the top dog Mallorca, by far the most popular island for a training camp in spring, we present the extremely mountainous Canary Island of Gran Canaria, the two large Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily and the Greek island of Crete.
1. MALLLORCA - THE TOP DOG
Tour: Mountains - Land - Sea
113 kilometres | 1,700 vertical metres | max. 12 % gradient
2. GRAN CANARIA - HELLISH PLEASURE
Tour: Ride up the volcano
87 kilometres | 1,800 vertical metres | max. 15% gradient
3. SARDINIA - ARCHAIC INSIDER TIP
Tour: Around the white mountain
115 kilometres | 1,330 metres in altitude | max. 13 % gradient
4. SICILY - THE GREAT UNKNOWN
Tour: Through the Madonie Nature Park
120 kilometres | 2,100 vertical metres | max. 8% gradient
5. CRETE - THE MOUNTAIN GOAT
Tour: Serpentines to the south coast
92 kilometres | 2,400 vertical metres | max. 16 % gradient
You can find the entire article as a PDF download below.
If you don't want to set off on your own, you will find a list of organisers of road bike tours for each island in the PDF.
