GP-Beja   

Considered the portuguese desert, "Alentejo" is the hottest region in Portugal. Its super-hot temperatures mixed with the lack of wind and water makes this place not very populated. Still, Beja is one of those cities that stands strong against it with its population of around 36k people.

And it is right on this deadly scenario that GP-Beja takes place. The organizers availed this feeling and created a circuit race inc...

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Considered the portuguese desert, "Alentejo" is the hottest region in Portugal. Its super-hot temperatures mixed with the lack of wind and water makes this place not very populated. Still, Beja is one of those cities that stands strong against it with its population of around 36k people.

And it is right on this deadly scenario that GP-Beja takes place. The organizers availed this feeling and created a circuit race including many super steep hills to make this a very hard race to conquer.

Its 93 km are divided into 2 laps including 4 hills. The first one is placed just 10 km into the race. The "Cabeça Gorda" hill is 3 km long at 8%. Fallowing that hill, we have the "Serpa" with 4 km at 15%. This is the hardest climb but since it is place near the "Guadiana" river, it is a relief for the riders to finally feel some fresher legs. After this, we’ll have a long flat road into the final part of the race.

The penultimate hill is placed just 10 km to the finish line. It's the “Baleizão” climb with 6 km at 5%. After this the riders go downhill for 2,4 km to begin the last hill to the finish line in Beja's Castle. 1,6 km at 4% won't be too hard, and if any sprinters survived the other hills, then they might dispute the win. But we know that won't be very likely.