Three timed climbs across two days make repeatability—not one heroic effort—the result
A two-day, paved-road event on Gran Canaria starting and finishing at Hotel Riu Palace in Maspalomas: a 112km Saturday stage with two timed climbing sectors (Ayagaures and the long Pasito Blanco-Salto del Perro climb), and a 75km Sunday stage built around a single 22km climb to Tirajana/Tunte. The roughly 187km weekend total (regulations say 186km) includes only three individually chip-timed climbing sectors, about 63km combined, that count toward the overall classification — the rest of Stage 1 is documented as a neutralized descent toward Mogan followed by a regrouped return to Maspalomas; the organizer's published Stage 2 schedule doesn't document the same regrouping language for the untimed portion. The Pasito Blanco to Alto Salto del Perro climb — 29km (from km 33 to km 62) and roughly 997m of gain, the longest single timed sector of the weekend.
For the experienced rider training seven to eleven hours a week, this twelve-week plan balances repeatable climbing across two stages, disciplined sector pacing, descending confidence, fueling, and overnight recovery with deliberate recovery so fitness rises without carrying avoidable fatigue into Epic Gran Canaria.
INSIDE THE MASTERS 50+ PLAN — 7–11 HR/WK
Includes zone-tailored structured rides for your devices, built-in strength with video walkthroughs, heat protocols for when your race calls for them, peloton skills workouts, nutrition and hydration guidance, and recovery-first Masters 50+ structuring.
The Complete Epic Gran Canaria Guide — the training, the tactics, the gear and race day, explained simply and clearly: what to do, when to do it, and why it works.
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