Girona, a picturesque city in Catalonia, Spain, has been a popular place for professional road cyclists for a while now with its quiet roads, proximity to the mountains and international airports, and charming medieval architecture. As with many Mediterranean countries, unpaved rural roads are just “a thing” – a very beautiful thing at that which has turned the area into a real gravel hotspot. There are farm tracks, hunting trails, and forestry roads crisscrossing the area, offering a vast range of routes and gradients to ride.
The off-season training camp has been a staple for road riders for a long time, and although it doesn't sound like it fits the spirit of gravel (whatever that is), in truth, for all but professional bike racers, it's just an excuse to ride your bike in the sunshine with your mates at a time of year when back home it's still dark for the majority of the day and your trails are underwater.
