Almost a thousand cyclists will participate in Estepona in a sea and mountain route designed by Natalia Fischer.

Estepona will celebrate the Costa del Sol Gran Fondo cycling tour on the upcoming October 18, a 127-kilometer race with an elevation gain of 3,420 meters, which will gather around a thousand participants from more than 20 different nationalities, as announced by Lui Gil, Estepona's Councilor for Sports.

Professional cyclist Natalia Fischer, the 2025 European runner-up in mountain biking, has designed the entire course, which she presented in Estepona alongside Gil and Felipe Toledo, director of Terra Incógnita Group, the organizing company for this sports event.

"It's a very important race that starts and ends in my hometown, where I grew up and which passes through the roads where I train and suffer every day, through spectacular seaside and mountain landscapes that I know every curve of, and I know that participants will enjoy it," Fischer pointed out. "I complete it in 5 hours, but it's meant to be enjoyed, so we've set a cut-off time of 9 hours."

Passing through Casares, Cortes de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, Genalguacil, Peñas Blancas, and then descending back to Estepona, "it's a route that will astonish all participants unfamiliar with it, as it climbs from sea level to 1,500 meters in altitude over 20 kilometers and, with good weather, will offer views across the entire Costa del Sol and the north coast of Africa," explained an excited Natalia Fischer.

Felipe Toledo, on his part, thanked the Estepona Town Hall for "making this event possible" and noted that it is a mixed amateur cycling tour, non-competitive, "aimed at promoting sport and attracting cyclists, and it will have 5 refreshment stations along its route."