The Trofeo Perla del Mediterráneo or the Trophy of the Pearl of the Mediterranean takes place the 18.5-square-kilometre Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. A hiller race, where Monte Anyera, a hill along its western frontier with Morocco and Monte Hacho on the Peninsula of Almina overlooking the port. The latter is also proposed to be one of the Pillars of Hercules.
The stage is defined as a circular route, where ride...
Read moreThe Trofeo Perla del Mediterráneo or the Trophy of the Pearl of the Mediterranean takes place the 18.5-square-kilometre Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta. A hiller race, where Monte Anyera, a hill along its western frontier with Morocco and Monte Hacho on the Peninsula of Almina overlooking the port. The latter is also proposed to be one of the Pillars of Hercules.
The stage is defined as a circular route, where riders continuously will enter into hilly areas with barren rocks. Military fortresses provides the perfect scenery for this battle for the “Pearl”. While the Trophy may be “Made in China”, riders does every season fight intensely to get this trophy into their trophy cabinet.
