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 Every year around 35,000 cyclists visit Mallorca. Some are cycle-tourists enjoying the many splendors of Mallorca in a nice relaxed way but others are elite, professional cyclists who come for training purposes. During the months of September to October and January to May, when the climate is mild and agreeable, almost spring like weather, unlike the Central European climate which usually experiences rain, snow and intense cold spells, is the most popular time to see the cyclists congegating on the island. Mallorca's road network totals 1.250 kilometers of which 675 are secondary or small, narrow, local roads, with an average width of 6.5 metres. This wonderful secondary road system offers a diversity of itineraris with a sparse amount of traffic, which is reflected positively in as far as the safety of the cyclist is concerned. The actual dimensions of the island are its main advantage. Because of its length it allows for both short routes, visiting several different villages (where the average distant between them is between 10 and 15 kilometres) and longer routes (where the distance is between 150 and 200 kilometres) which extend to any point of the Mallorcan geography desired. Mallorca also provides a variety of routes from the easy to the very difficult with totally flat routes, along with roads that spiral and slope, up to the high mountain roads found around the Serra de Tramuntana. Here is a video of cycling in Mallorca. Under this video is another showing the coast bike route map of Mallorca.
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