Fail 12 Gravel Birds, 750 km of gravel far from the tourist cliches in Portugal.

Also a bit more info and stories here in an article I wrote for the Radavist:theradavist.com/fail-12-gravel-birds-ultracycling-challengeFor Fail 12 I went to race the first edition of Gravel Birds, a bikepacking race of 750 km in Portugal’s biggest region, The Alentejo. The region has a beautiful mix of roughness, hills and small deserts, poverty and poetry on display. It’s arid section down South and just over the Algarve, is often ignored by tourism yet hosts some of the most incredible hidden gems of Portugal’s gravel tracks.
If you are into rough tracks and mountain biking then day 2 is for you, for the more gravel oriented riders, the 350km or so of the last day's route is best!