{"id":1976,"date":"2016-10-01T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T16:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/?page_id=1976"},"modified":"2019-10-25T01:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T01:01:30","slug":"the-pyrenees-spain-and-france-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/?page_id=1976","title":{"rendered":"The Pyrenees &#8211; Spain and France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>The Pyrenees Tour is pure riding nirvana. \u00a0It is a beautiful ride through the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain and France. \u00a0This is a very technical ride with one mountain pass after another, most on very narrow roads. But the remote areas have little traffic and provide a one of a kind riding experience. \u00a0For reference, take the beauty and scale of the Beartooth Pass and mix it with the Tail Of The Dragon and you have six days of non-stop turns. \u00a0Some of the roads are used for the Tour De France Race. \u00a0Due to the road types, average speeds are slower than typical rides as you are using lower gears for much of the ride. \u00a0If you like technical riding, this is a must tour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pyrenees\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLx7QtQ6DHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Barcelona,+Spain\/Vic,+Spain\/Ripoll,+Spain\/42.3024013,2.1665748\/42.3286015,2.0438248\/42.3561314,1.9727971\/42.36586,1.9140694\/42.3856966,1.9076596\/42.3623574,1.4574821\/@42.3343175,1.6365538,11z\/data=!4m41!4m40!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a49816718e30e5:0x44b0fb3d4f47660a!2m2!1d2.1734035!2d41.3850639!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a52704dd2ddbe3:0x6c8e5a7fb5f1b4b3!2m2!1d2.2544335!2d41.9304373!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a53f72ad140113:0x11b158780ca57e15!2m2!1d2.1907618!2d42.1994589!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d2.0457397!2d42.3300015!3s0x12a56ee0fa41bd79:0x9a54456f7450f983!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d1.9750491!2d42.3548173!3s0x12a5703cfb95cdfd:0x4aa5bbdbb066e559!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d1.9210056!2d42.3632056!3s0x12a570b9878c7a59:0xb45b8639aadd42bd!1m0!1m0!1m0!3e0?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day 1: Barcelona, Spain to La Seu d&#8217;Urgell, Spain<\/a>\u00a0132 miles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/25700+La+Seu+d'Urgell,+Lleida,+Spain\/Adrall\/Pallerols+del+Cant%C3%B3\/42.4085311,1.1328755\/42.4955073,1.2120083\/Boss%C3%B2st\/42.7955196,0.5959511\/Saint-Lary-Soulan\/Tunnel+d'Aragnouet,+22365+Bielsa,+Huesca,+Spain\/Bar+Valle+De+Pineta,+Bielsa,+Spain\/@42.5948327,0.3878764,10z\/data=!4m47!4m46!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a5edc5966ee27b:0xdaffd93e0fd19eed!2m2!1d1.4555525!2d42.3575784!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a5ef1f7cac8c81:0x9eedd4432194128!2m2!1d1.4007983!2d42.3267729!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a5e4f205168109:0x2c4331bcfdf19605!2m2!1d1.3122827!2d42.3559191!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a88c1e77549211:0x31a331abb3cd4d24!2m2!1d0.6921325!2d42.7855045!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a813c3a8a03b99:0x406f69c2f3d75e0!2m2!1d0.320251!2d42.815835!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a811c5bfb8bd7d:0x1f8ab5d552240b95!2m2!1d0.1965903!2d42.7275024!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a8048f99c0e1e3:0x8b0b0144ce398f7f!2m2!1d0.0849834!2d42.6763424!3e0?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day 2: La Seu d&#8221;Urgell, Spain to Bielsa, Spain<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0154 miles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Bar+Valle+De+Pineta,+Bielsa,+Spain\/Arreau,+France\/42.9188285,0.3582518\/42.9851617,0.2272335\/Luz-Saint-Sauveur\/Argel%C3%A8s-Gazost,+France\/42.9744399,-0.4016342\/Sallent+de+G%C3%A1llego,+Spain\/@42.7411321,-0.1817629,11z\/data=!4m41!4m40!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a8048f99c0e1e3:0x8b0b0144ce398f7f!2m2!1d0.0849834!2d42.6763424!1m10!1m1!1s0x12a840e367af6267:0x406f69c2f3d8be0!2m2!1d0.35926!2d42.904958!3m4!1m2!1d0.3581749!2d42.91863!3s0x12a8416a707aef2b:0x3825a5b5f73222a9!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a81fc86dcd67d5:0x406f69c2f3d7b90!2m2!1d-0.002869!2d42.873542!1m5!1m1!1s0xd57da6c4ee15807:0x406f69c2f3d8c30!2m2!1d-0.101087!2d43.005028!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5793711c2192cf:0x1ad4849a19f2f74f!2m2!1d-0.3321178!2d42.7716575!3e0!4e1?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day 3: Bielsa, Spain to Formigal, Huesca, Spain<\/a>\u00a0 138 miles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/22640+Formigal,+Huesca,+Spain\/42.7752754,-0.3583052\/Biescas,+Spain\/Jaca,+Spain\/Hecho\/Ans%C3%B3\/Roncal,+Spain\/Ochagav%C3%ADa\/Navascu%C3%A9s\/Formigal,+Huesca,+Spain\/@42.7312557,-0.9975808,10z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m63!4m62!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5793f21110393f:0xcf5f055f72674824!2m2!1d-0.3595372!2d42.7766544!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0xd578c9ddf135f15:0x4018c6508ce9cf0!2m2!1d-0.3224793!2d42.6286287!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5780ec767847ed:0x196f61f8bc9a1be2!2m2!1d-0.5470554!2d42.5717166!1m5!1m1!1s0xd577029670df00f:0x2848e443e456f2ac!2m2!1d-0.7499778!2d42.7383287!1m5!1m1!1s0xd576ed24c376119:0x193e0af0e31fa815!2m2!1d-0.8289608!2d42.7556581!1m5!1m1!1s0xd574111a9264d01:0x9c790f0cdad21529!2m2!1d-0.9556556!2d42.8096205!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5737050842f49b:0x30a5fdd34a5bc14b!2m2!1d-1.0900224!2d42.9055919!1m10!1m1!1s0xd574e3e70006709:0x8de08b24334b8728!2m2!1d-1.1160427!2d42.7185661!3m4!1m2!1d-0.7405835!2d42.6948996!3s0xd577aaf51b14755:0xc20cf4c65b010256!1m5!1m1!1s0xd584a9a0e3bcdaf:0x6896984cf60000b8!2m2!1d-0.3714806!2d42.7750579!3e0!4e1?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day 4: Formigal, Huesca, Spain to Formigal, Huesca, Spain<\/a> 205 miles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Formigal,+Spain\/Biescas,+Spain\/Lin%C3%A1s+de+Broto,+Spain\/A%C3%ADnsa,+Spain\/42.471044,0.5995299\/Senterada,+Spain\/Tremp,+Spain\/Isona,+Spain\/42.0232031,1.3694433\/41.9181666,1.6844807\/@42.341904,-0.4636844,8z\/am=t\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m47!4m46!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5793f21110393f:0xcf5f055f72674824!2m2!1d-0.3595372!2d42.7766544!1m5!1m1!1s0xd578c9ddf135f15:0x4018c6508ce9cf0!2m2!1d-0.3224793!2d42.6286287!1m5!1m1!1s0xd57f7386ad5d01d:0xb63ce5e0cabc117a!2m2!1d-0.1691052!2d42.6191226!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a7fac837fb6415:0xa85fba784ddee6c0!2m2!1d0.1403811!2d42.4146941!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a61664480e2f85:0xe516fabd0e12bb6e!2m2!1d0.9365927!2d42.3243687!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a641ef7bdc09d1:0xd53060380fa24c7f!2m2!1d0.8949296!2d42.1669147!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a66e310cd46f83:0xb95225bdd6ccfff9!2m2!1d1.0465336!2d42.1185205!1m0!1m0!3e0?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day 5: Formigal, Huesca Spain to Cardona, Spain<\/a>\u00a0213 miles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/41.9181666,1.6844807\/Manresa,+Spain\/41.6042512,1.8240616\/Diagonal,+Barcelona,+Spain\/@41.6456736,1.6397378,10z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m22!4m21!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a4580a3de3fc01:0xf15a294ccdca803d!2m2!1d1.8225154!2d41.7292826!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d1.8498684!2d41.6053469!3s0x12a4f5403b036f09:0x82c9ab6a73752aed!1m5!1m1!1s0x12a4a2916bfa610d:0xb2e8c57dc4ce58d5!2m2!1d2.1600176!2d41.3961419!3e0!4e1?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day 6: Cardona, Spain to Barcelona Spain<\/a>\u00a067 miles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pyrenees Tour is pure riding nirvana. \u00a0It is a beautiful ride through the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain and France. \u00a0This is a very technical ride with one mountain pass after another, most on very narrow roads. But the remote areas have little traffic and provide a one of a kind riding experience. \u00a0For reference, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1976","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2037,"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1976\/revisions\/2037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatrideswest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}