Cycling News / For Everyone: If you're looking for a unique cycling event amidst a breathtaking backdrop, then we have some real gems for you. Below you'll find a few highlights in the stunning Allgäu region that will make your summer of 2022 unforgettable. You absolutely have to go!
The Allgäu in itself is already worth a holiday, and of course you can even do more with a bike. The conditions for cycling are ideal. A well-signposted cycle path network invites you to extensively explore the region both on and off-road. Historic towns and picturesque villages, as well as the majestic mountain landscape and the wide meadows, ensure incomparable views. The harmonious overall picture is completed by hospitality and incomparable cuisine. It is not for nothing that the Allgäu is one of the most popular cycling regions in Germany according to the cycle travel analysis.
Experience the Allgäu actively by bike
The 475-kilometer Allgäu cycle tour combines stories and sights on a 4-star long-distance cycle route, leading through historic towns and natural beauty. The Schlosspark tour in the Allgäu has one more star, which, as the name suggests, is part of the Schlosspark cycle tour region. The cycle tour region Naturschatzkammern in the Württemberg Allgäu, the first ADFC-certified cycle tour region in Baden-Württemberg, as well as the Naturbiken Allgäu/Tyrol routes, which only opened last year, and the new Lech cycle path are also very popular. Of course, the Allgäu is not stingy with sporting challenges.
The best cycling events in the Allgäu: The top tips for summer 2022
Bike marathon in the Tannheim Valley
The Tannheimer Tal bike marathon is undoubtedly one of the most well-known bike events in the Allgäu and Tannheimer Tal. After the two-year break caused by Corona, the organizers have received more registrations for 2022 than ever before. Around 2.500 ambitious racing cyclists have registered to ride the routes of up to 214 kilometers and 3.500 meters in altitude. The accompanying racing bike week with ex-professionals Marcel Wüst and Gerrit Glomser from June 27 to July 2, 2022 draws many guests to the Tyrolean high valley beforehand. The two pros prepare for the routes, especially the long distance. Because this leads, among other things, over the Riedberg Pass, Germany's highest Alpine pass at 1.407 meters with a maximum gradient of 16% with a length of 8,7 kilometers and 620 meters in altitude.
Date: 03.07.2022 April XNUMX
Website: www.rad-marathon.at
ABK Allgäu bike tour
Also on July 3rd, the popular sports events ABK Allgäuer Radltour will take place in Ostallgäu. The tour, led by the Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren and the Ostallgäu district, is one of the largest popular sports events in Bavaria with around 2.000 participants every year. The approximately 50-kilometer bike tour starts at 9.00 a.m. in Obergünzburg. The average speed here is about 13 kilometers per hour. Ambitious racing cyclists have the opportunity to ride a large lap of around 100 kilometers in length. The tours mainly run on bike paths and side roads with little traffic. As a special reminder, all participants will receive the tour T-shirt free of charge. A varied program with music, interviews, a raffle and much more awaits visitors at the starting point.
Date: 03.07.2022 April XNUMX
Website: www.schlosspark.de
MTB Marathon Pfronten
Mountain bikers can look forward to the MTB Marathon Pfronten on July 23.07.2022, 26. The marathon runs over three proven routes of different lengths. You can choose between the short distance with 940 kilometers and 53 meters of altitude, the marathon with over 1900 kilometers and 76 meters of altitude as well as the extreme distance with 2600 kilometers and a crisp 1670 meters of altitude. All three routes lead up to the Breitenberg mountain station at an impressive XNUMX meters above sea level. Breathtaking panorama, steep ramps and fast descents, that should really make up for all the hardships.
Date: 23.07.2022 April XNUMX
Website: www.mtb-marathon-pfronten.de
Folding bike World Cup in Pfronten
If you are looking for a very unusual event, you should also come to Pfronten on July 23.07.2022, 1970 - and ideally bring an old folding bike with you. Only folding bikes from the 1980s and 14s are permitted for the folding bike world championships in Pfronten. High-tech is definitely not the order of the day at this World Cup. What counts here: No click pedals, no other translation and no motorization. Sporting top performances are still in demand. For the 12th time, the World Cup is leading to the Breitenberg. The mountain race covers 640 kilometers and no less than XNUMX meters in altitude. In any case, great fun for the participants and the spectators!
Date: 23.07.2022 April XNUMX
Website: www.mtb-marathon-pfronten.de
Baroque tour through the Allgäu and Upper Swabia
The baroque tour through the Allgäu and Upper Swabia always takes place on the 1st Sunday in September. The event is organized by the Rad-Union Wangen. There are around 2.000 participants every year on the routes, which change from year to year. You can choose from four different routes with distances between 35 and 160 kilometers. Since 1929, the International Wheel Criterion for the Golden Wheel of the city of Wangen im Allgäu has been held on the 3rd Sunday in September. This year, too, the Wangeners will present a field of top cyclists from the cycling scene to around 15.000 spectators at Germany's oldest cycling criterion.
Date: 04.09.2022 April XNUMX
Website: www.ru-wangen.de