Ancient bikes, retro aesthetics and a festive atmosphere will mark this Sunday in Cariñena the spirit of the Biciclassic X Eduardo Bianchia cycling march that will travel 50 kilometers through several localities of the region and the vineyards of the designation of origin. With this event, the celebration of recognition as a European Wine City 2025 shows its commitment to promote the territory of the Do Cariñena.
As remained, This test brings together a maximum of 50 participants that use bicycles that lack any modern complement. This race – organized by the Aragonese Pedal with the support of the City of Cariñena, the Campo de Cariñena Wine Route, the Do Cariñena and Caja Rural de Aragón Foundation – is, as its organizers emphasize, “a fiesta in which the ancestral values of this sport are worshiped, based on the effort above the material. “
The calapiés, brake cables and the handles of the changes adhered to the painting are recovered and crown is changed combining the ear with the handling of the change of change. In short, sensations and even the aesthetics of the wool jersey are recovered, which refer to a time of cyclists turned into legends such as Coppi, Bartali, Bahamontes, Merckx or Anquetil, and the pioneers of the twentieth century such as Garin, Cornet or Binda.
Cyclists, from Santander, Bilbao, Navarra, La Rioja, Segovia, Madrid, Lleida or Tarragonathey will leave at 9.30 in the morning of the Plaza del City Council of Cariñena. From there, they will pass through Paniza, Encinacorba, Aguarón, Cosuenda, the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Lagunas, Longars to return to Cariñena, epicenter of the march. During the journey they will taste typical products of each place, such as the Moscatel, the bird or the cava, because this test is different from the others even in the supplies, more linked the landscapes, the drink and the gastronomy of the area they travel.
The test follows the open line more than three decades ago in the Italian Tuscany by Giancarlo Brocci With the implementation of L’Oroica, a new cycling for lovers of a past away from carbon and electronics that now invades the cycling universe and that has extended franchises to numerous cities of the world such as Japan, South Africa or Scotland and was also held in Spain a few years ago.
The Biciclassic Eduardo Bianchi started in 2013 with a retro excursion between Zaragoza and the Park of Muel and since then, one of the most veteran of this modality in Spain. Since 2016, in its fourth edition, it was carried out by the routes and vineyards of the Campo de Cariñena, within the picturesque landscape that leads to the origins of retro cycling.
The tour on the Domingo de Cariñena route runs mostly along roads, but reserves 2.5 km of earth to preserve the spirit of the primitive cycling sport. Participants will not lose sight of the vineyards of the Denomination of Origin Cariñena that produce the wine born from the stones and that refer to the landscape of Italian Tuscany where the biciclassic was born.
