Xabiabikers overcome the 'Stone Giant'

The province of Castellón and in particular, the circuit of 'Stone Giant', he had no limits for the Xabiabikers. For Pepe Saucedo, Edu Martinez, Juan Horcajada, Raul Molina and Raimon Almenara, the appointment of last Saturday's 1 in June was a challenge and the greatest satisfaction, having crossed the finish line.

For many, this race, that of Gigante de Piedra, is crazy for BTT. A Btt Marathon with 200 km and 6000 m uneve + with departure and arrival in the town of San Joan de Moró. A very hard and demanding, varied, not excessively technical but if wear, with mythical climbs that combines areas of long broken tracks with short descents, accumulating 1700 in 50 km.

One of the difficulties of this route is that the bikers had 10 hours of maximum time to complete the challenge. In addition, as Xabiabikers describe, "There were areas where it was impossible to pedal, crossing rivers, tunnels, trails and trialeras little scalable. In the middle of the race there is a very hard broken track port, about 11 km of demanding climb and the last 50 km very hard, walks long carrying the bike and also very hot throughout the stage. "

It should be noted that of the 430 participants that started the test, more than 200 withdrew, but the Xàbia managed to withstand the difficulties and conquered the finish line in the following positions:

Raúl Molina finished in the 96 position in a time of 15: 00.56. He was followed by Edu Martinez, who finished in the 97 position with a time of 15: 00.56. Further back came Pepe Saucedo, in the 138 position with a registered time of 15: 49.36. Raimon Almenara ended up in the 177 position in a 16 time: 06.50 and Juan Horcajada finished in the 176 position in a time of 16: 06.50.