La Tramun will be the sixth and final event of the Cross Country Marathon World Cup and will once again place Les Planes d'Hostoles and Girona in the spotlight of the international mountain bike calendar. The race will start in Les Planes d'Hostoles and finish at the Sea Otter Europe festival, with a route of 89 kilometers, 2,750 meters of positive elevation gain and 3,000 meters of negative elevation gain.
The event is presented as one of the most demanding routes of the XCM circuit and will connect the natural environment of La Garrotxa with the arrival in Girona, within the framework of the festival. The main route will be 89 kilometers long, while the organization has also planned a reduced version, the Tramun Sea Otter Europe Curta, with 45 kilometers between Les Planes d'Hostoles and Sea Otter Europe.
Main tour and reduced format
The race will thus maintain its main competitive format within the World Cup, but will add a shorter distance alternative to broaden participation. That short modality will allow completing a 45-kilometer route with the same starting point in Les Planes d'Hostoles and finish in Girona.
Alongside La Tramun, the program also incorporates the SCOTT Marathon BTT, which will feature two differentiated routes. There will be a long distance of 55 kilometers within the XCM format and a short one of 40 kilometers in XCP.
The territory as axis of the test
"It is a spectacular territory, with an unbeatable route and a competitive spirit that perfectly defines the event" - Albert Balcells, director of La Tramun
The organization places the emphasis on the value of the route and on the uniqueness of the environment through which the race runs. The start from Les Planes d'Hostoles and the finish at Sea Otter Europe also reinforce the connection between elite competition, sports promotion, and international projection of the territory.
"The need to bring sport to the entire territory and generate role models that motivate youth" - Jaume Boix, president of the BTT Fornells club
That approach has also been highlighted from the local and sports sphere, with the will to extend this type of events beyond the big cities and consolidate them as an engine of activity in different municipalities of the Girona regions.
Institutional support and local return
"The commitment of the Provincial Council of Girona to this sustainable sports model and respectful of the environment" - Miquel Reverter, deputy of the Provincial Council of Girona
The institutional dimension of the event is supported by that idea of sustainability and of the integration of sport into the landscape. The route, with a significant accumulated elevation gain, turns the race into a proposal of high physical demand, but also into a showcase of the natural environment of the demarcation.
"The economic impact it generates in the municipality and the importance of offering this highly privileged landscape to cyclists from all over the world" - Marc Puig, mayor of Les Planes d'Hostoles
The start from Les Planes d'Hostoles and the arrival in Girona reinforce that role of the event as an element of sporting, tourist, and economic promotion. With La Tramun as the closing of the XCM World Cup, the municipality will once again gain international visibility in an event that combines competition, territory, and activity around the Sea Otter Europe festival.