Did you know that when WorldTour pros and amateurs alike are fastening their seat belts in preparation for landing at Alicante en route to Denia and Calpe on Spain’s east coast, they are actually flying over cycling terrain that is even better than where they’re headed?
Just 170km north of the current training camp hot spot lies the province of Castellon, still part of the Comunidad Valenciana, and offering spectacular roads with none of the hype and at times crowdedness of those just down the coast.
Roughly half the size of Alicante – the province where you’ll find the pro winter hideaway of Denia and Calpe – Castellon is the second most mountainous region out of 50 in Spain, and when you consider that only
