Cycle Races

The Andalucía Bike Race is a is a cross country mountain bike race founded in 2011 taking part of five or six days in and around the Andalucia town of Cordoba and Jaen taking place in late February or early March. The first six editions of the competition were carried out in pairs, in which both members have to ride together.

The 2013 race took place the 17 - 20 February. The three-stage route will take participants from San Fernando - Ubrique (18 February), from Trebujena - Montilla (19 February) and finally from Lucena - Rincón de la Victoria (20 February). The 2012 event took place 19-23 February. The route was Zahara de las Antunes - Benalmadena - Malaga - Lucena - Monte Mayor - Las Gabias - Jaen - La Guardia de Jaen.

The Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road cycle race held annually since 1955; it normally takes place in February. Since 2005, this has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI European Tour. The race usually takes place over five stage days.

The three main professional cycle races in the Andalucia cycling calendar are the Tour of Spain, known as La Vuelta; the Tour of Andalucia, also known as the Vuelta a Andalucia or Ruta Ciclista del Sol; and the one-day Clasíca de Almería. On a more local level, there is La Sufrida.