MADRID, 18 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Perico Delgado has led the cycling expedition that this Sunday has completed the first edition of the ‘Madrid 7 Picos’ cycle sports march, which has covered 230 kilometers with 4,100 meters of difference in altitude in the ascent of seven peaks of the Sierra Norte de Madrid.
On the first day, the participants climbed the Puerto de Morcuera, Canencia, Alto de Campadales, the Puerto de El Cardoso and the Puerto de la Hiruela, with 160 kilometers and 2,870 meters of difference in altitude.
This Sunday, in the second stage, the Alto de Robledillo and the Puerto de La Puebla have climbed with 66 kilometers and 1,240 meters of difference in altitude, starting from the Plaza del Castillo de Buitrago del Lozoya, the same as in Saturday’s stage.
The stage has started in the direction of Villarrobledo to face the first peak of the day: Alto de Robledillo, with just over 10 kilometers of ascent but with an average slope of 6.5% and areas of 11 and 12%. Once the small peak of the day was crowned, it was time to face the longest, hardest and longest port of the day, the Puerto de La Puebla, 10 kilometers away and more than 1,600 meters high.
Finally, and once the last pass and this ‘Madrid 7 Picos’ have been crowned, a fast and long descent, and some steep slope, has taken the cyclists back to Buitrago del Lozoya, where they have been crowned as ‘finishers’ of the first edition.
“It has been wonderful, we have experienced a real weekend of cycling. The Sierra Norte de Madrid is truly a luxury for cyclists, and the weather has also helped. It has been a weekend that I will never forget because of the terrain, for how well signposted it has been at all times and for the good company of other road sufferers,” said Perico Delgado.
The ‘Madrid 7 Picos’ has been a pioneer in implementing the full weekend format, since cycling tours are usually only one stage. “There had never been marches for a whole weekend and I think it’s a success,” he said.
“It is true that cycling is very popular in Madrid, but curiously, many people from abroad have come. It has an attraction both for the people of Madrid who did not know the Sierra Norte and for those from outside. I already knew it for years because The territory is ‘Comanche’, tough, attractive, with good roads… Simply fantastic,” he concluded.