Espagne·2026

Burgos

Burgos sits on the high Meseta plateau at 860m elevation, making it a cycling hub for gravel and road racing across Castile's rolling terrain. The Vuelta a Burgos is one of Spain's oldest stage races, and the Merindades Bike Race taps the limestone hills and forest roads northwest of the city. Runners find the local 10km Carrera AEPV—Memorial Jesús Echevarrieta, though the city's real appeal for distance work is the flat-to-rolling countryside immediately surrounding it, with the Arlanzón river valley offering low-traffic routes in all directions.