What is the osprey?

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When we talk about sports events related to cycling of all those held in our country we can list a number, from the most famous, international weight as the Tour, to other like the Quebrantahuesos, that even if less renowned, It has positioned itself as one of the most international cycling tests.

It is a bike ride which is held every year in the Aragonese province of Huesca. It is designed for amateurs, but already with a certain level and brings together hundreds of runners from many corners of the world.

Cycling Club organizes the Edelweiss, of the town of Sabiñánigo, and crosses the Pyrenees to the French side, and then return to Spain. On the route ports amounted Somport, Mary White, Portalet and Hoz de Jaca in a total of 198 kilometers and accumulated a drop of just over 3.500 meters.

This year celebrates its twenty-sixth edition and is expected participation of some 10.000 people from over 25 different countries, although the massive presence the Spaniards have, like all years. In fact, no such volume of requests to participate lats in the end have to be given by lot.

For the realization of this event it has more than 1.000 volunteers, both for emergency work as supplying., demonstrating that this is an event of the first order.
Parallel to the march cyclist held Treparriscos, considered as the little sister of the Quebrantahuesos. Its route is 90 kilometers, with a vertical drop of 965 meters and climb to the Formigal, celebrated both the penultimate Saturday of June.

This year, he 25 of September, the Quebrantahuesos be held MTB, integrated test in Spain Championship Mountain Bike and other cyclosportive up.

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