2026

June 20 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

The air at the North Cape suddenly becomes freezing cold, as the 75 riders line up for the start exactly in front of the Nordkkaphallen building. Rain comes and goes but concedes a halt exactly five minutes before the beginning of Northcape-Tarifa 2026.
The midnight sun shows all its stunning beauty, lighting up both the sky above and the sea below with a light which smells like adventure and lifetime memories. Riders are all set: X bikes, X velomobiles and X recumbent bikes.
Helmets on, cleats attached, heart pumping faster, every choice the riders made in recent times brought them here. They are about to witness The Long Way South in the integral version: no shortcuts, no help, full self-sufficient riding.
At exactly 00:01, our storm of cyclists hears the undisputable command which sets the race off: “Vamoos!” pronounced by the mythical Javi from Spain.
A clamping of pedals, gear shifting and clothes brushing one against the other, as the race begins. The velomobile in front rapidly takes the first descent, creating a gap from the rest of the peloton; but it’s just a matter of a couple of minutes, and at the beginning of the first ascent the lighter bikes catch up and overtake the heavier velomobile. There is a group of three leading now, and they are racing each other: is this an unexpected strategy or a beginners’ mistake?
Only time will tell, stay with me to find out.Read more