For the past ten years, Madeira, a Portuguese Island located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has been carving its way to become one of the best mountain bike destinations in the planet! Big mountains, beautiful landscapes, delicious food, warm weather all year round and over 600 years of history and culture makes Madeira the ultimate adventure and a reason to be on your bucket list for the years to come! Combine all of this with some of the most challenging and unique mountain bike trails and you got yourself a race and a ride to remember.
With the goal of promoting the island as an adventure destination, we’ve been organizing mountain bike events, improving our trail network and connecting all the loose dots, ultimately offering a unique experience of what Madeira is all about. Since 2017 we jumped our way to international events such as two times Enduro World Series Madeira and two times Trans Madeira, where the feedback from racers pushed us to keep on chasing new adventures, and that’s how Madeira Island Bike Race went from dream to reality.
Madeira Island Bike Race is a pairs or individual format multi-day mountain bike stage race that explores two Portuguese islands located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Madeira and Porto Santo. Over the course of five days, riders will have the chance to race some of the most diverse terrain on Earth combining the best things the islands have to offer! Explore north, south, east and west in a unique route, usually finishing at sea level altitude. Expect to ride around 270 kilometres distance with around 8000 meters ascent, going through the perfect balance of scenic fire roads and singletracks around Madeira and Porto Santo. The event is limited to 120 racers on a pairs or individual format.
The first edition is scheduled to happen between 30 august 2020 with registrations opening on the 1st February, 10:00 (GMT). Expect to ride different kinds of terrain from stage to stage, explore some of the most iconic singletracks on the island in a premium adventure style race!
This event has teams and individual format. You can choose to race this course with a long time friend, a family member or a professional teammate or alone. For 2020, Madeira Island Bike Race teams categories are:
And individual categories are:
Each category has a leader jersey. If a category does not have at least three racers it will be considered part of the next gender category available. No UCI licence required.
Each category has a leader jersey for each team member. No UCI licence required.
DESCRIPTION: After registration, the prologue will take riders to do a loop time-trial ride in a city in Madeira (to be confirmed exact location) going through centennial streets and resulting as the first test of the week! As a time-trial ride, teams will start one minute at a time and team leader jerseys will be assigned.
As mountain bike holiday experts we provide one race package that pretty much includes everything from the moment you land in Madeira! This is the perfect way for you to enjoy the riding and racing along the five days of adventure on the island using our very own premium service and without any logistics nightmares!
Five nights hotel accommodation (3-5 stars)
Breakfast, after race lunch and dinner
Professional bike wash and mechanical service
A dedicated medic team following the race
Access to photos captured during the event
Baggage, bike box transportation and shuttles
Arrival and departure from FNC airport
Timing chip and end of the day results available
Find the answer to your questions below! If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for send us an email to [email protected].
Madeira is one of the most amazing places I ever ridden my bike! Hope to come back soon for more!"
Sean Fletcher (GBR)
Fantastic trails and a great variety, from fast and steep to twisty through the jungle. Using the "levadas" to connect trails up, even going through the mountains on them was definitely a brilliant experience."
Zoe Hodgskin (SUI)
Trails were awesome and landscape was just perfect. Magic and brutal at same time!"
Emanuel Pombo (POR)
From dry and dusty to greasy and rowdy, to high speed amongst the clouds. One thing for sure, mundane would be nowhere to be found. Top it off with a swim in the ocean with your new riding buddies and you’ve got an ace day!"
Noel Bolso (CAN)
Madeira is the perfect combination of mountain bike riding, culture, food, landscapes and experience!"
Thomas Brown (CAN)
Registrations are now closed! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
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