#TPRNo5
TPRNo5 is here.
Though the premise of the Trans Pyrenees Race is the same year to year — to cross the Pyrenees mountain range from one side to another, and back again — no two races are the same, and each edition reveals a unique narrative of perseverance and adaptability. This year, with the start returning to the Bay of Biscay, riders will turn the pages (and their pedals) of the story of traversing Pyreneean mountainscapes, rolling with the variable climate and distinct mountain cultures of these regions, which will be punctuated by mandatory gravel parcours for the first time. The fifth edition is now ready to explore, to take in the unique challenges and opportunities offered by the CP and Parcours placements, and imagine how one might find answers to the questions posed.
With a fresh set of Control Points, TPRNo5 awaits to test the next adventurous community of riders who wish to accept the challenge, treating them to the all-consuming beauty, and capricious brutality, of the mountains. How will you decide to take on the fifth edition of the Trans Pyrenees Race?
START // DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN
CP1 // ESPINAL, SPAIN
CP2 // LONGÁS, FRANCE
CP3 // LLES DE CERDANYA, SPAIN
CP4 // ALBANYÀ, SPAIN
FINISH // DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN
Visit The Route page to find the TPRNo5 komoot Collection and more information about the Controls and Parcours for this edition.
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About the Race
The Trans Pyrenees Race is a self supported ultra distance cycling event organised by Lost Dot, the team behind the Transcontinental Race. Mike Hall was designing this event back in 2016; his vision was to reward the most adventurous, providing opportunities to beat the clock by facing the most demanding terrain.
A mixture of Control Points and Parcours (mandatory sections of route) will guide riders though up to 2000 km of the most spectacular and remote scenery in the Pyrenees from coast to coast, and then back again.
The climbing will be considerable, this is definitely one for the grimpeurs!
Mike Hall
The man who started it all. Mike Hall devised the Transcontinental Race and ran all editions until his tragic death in 2017. Find out all about the inspiring maverick whose spirit remains the beating heart of everything Lost Dot do.
Lost Dot
We preserve and nurture Mike Hall's legacy of fair and self-sufficient racing, championing integrity, equality and inclusivity, creating opportunities for unique and beautiful journeys of self discovery to share with as many people as possible.
The Route
The Trans Pyrenees Race returns for its fifth edition in October 2025.
A race that mixes relentless beauty with unfathomable opportunity. One for the grimpeurs, and one that has, for the first four editions, rewarded those willing to take calculated risks and forge new paths to gain racing advantage. In the rarefied air of this rugged mountain range, adventure awaits.
This year, like the many hairpins of the Tourmalet, there is a twist. To mark the fifth edition, the Trans Pyrenees Race will mandate gravel for the first time, forcing riders off road. Puncturing the route like the thermal waters that crack through the verdant valleys of the region, the sections of the route will refresh or scold riders; as ever, it will all be a matter of perspective. Even the mighty Raid Pyrénéen, the 680KM route containing 30 successive cols, will deviate from its normal paved surfaces and bring fresh perspective to the better known climbs which epitomise the challenge that awaits.
This edition is the culmination of years of scouting out new ways to tackle the imperious cols and ports of the Pyrenees. The result of venturing to quiet villages, and along faint trails, to find new and different ways to test riders’ preparedness, determination, and perseverance. We have always maintained that the most prepared are the most successful, an aphorism for which this edition will be a litmus test
In a move that will delight the Pyrenean purists the race will return to the Bay of Biscay, the spiritual home of the TPR, for the start and finish of the fifth edition. This year, we venture further south along the windswept coastline into Spain, with Donostia-San Sebastian playing host to our merry band of riders. A place that in many ways is a microcosm of the TPR, blending different cultures, divine cuisine, rapidly changing weather conditions, and a considerable amount of elevation.
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