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Italy·2026

La Spezia

La Spezia is a coastal port town where runners have steep, technical terrain immediately inland — the Palmaria Island race is a 3.5km coastal route, but most training happens on the surrounding Ligurian hills. Cyclists dominate here: the Granfondo della Versilia stretches 111km south through rolling vineyard country, while the Appennino MTB Race tackles 35km of mountain singletrack in the Apennines rising 600–800m above the Gulf of Poets. The Castagna Bike and local gravel routes climb hard and fast inland within 10km, making La Spezia a serious climbing destination sandwiched between sea-level training and sustained 6–8% grades.

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