THE TRAKA

For internal testing purposes only. Content is placeholder. Girona in late April smells like sunscreen, chain lube, and espresso. The old town fills up with bikes that cost more than cars, and somewhere between the cobblestones and the café terraces, you realize — everyone here is here for the same reason. The Traka started in 2021 and somehow became the event on the European gravel calendar almost immediately. Not through hype, but because the riding around Girona is genuinely that good. Medieval villages you've never heard of. Gravel tracks cutting through pine forests. The Gavarres massif appearing out of nowhere just when your legs think they're done. Then a long descent back to the city, legs empty, grin stupid wide. Four distances means four very different experiences. The 100km is a hard day out. The 200 is a proper sufferfest. The 360 is the one people train months for and still finish humbled. And the 560km Adventure exists for people who look at a 360 and think that's a warm-up. What makes it work is that none of it is pretentious. Pros line up next to people doing their first gravel event. Nobody cares what bike you're on. The race village has good coffee, cold beer, and a finisher's meal that somehow tastes incredible even when you can barely lift your fork. It sells out fast. Every year. There's a reason for that.