The contrebandiers race, pioneer in combining MTV and Trail running, facing each other in teams and crossing the Pyrenees between slopes, will take place between the Sobrarbe region (Spain) and the Aure and Louron valleys (France). After the first experience last year that left a great sensation and good atmosphere among participants and organization, we are working on its second edition that will take place between the 1st and 2nd of July, the inscriptions were opened last 14th of February through its website offering a route with new features and if possible «more epic» than in 2022. In addition to the trails of the Sobrarbe region and the Aure Valley, the French Louron Valley has also joined the race, which combines mountain biking and trail running, which will start in Ainsa and will end its first day in Loudenvielle. The following day it will leave from the town of Arreau to reach the square of Boltaña. As a novelty with respect to 2022, in addition to the possibility of completing the Contrebandier in pairs or in teams of four, the possibility has been added of doing it in groups of three that will compete in the categories of male, female or mixed. A total of 8 completely new stages, with higher peaks than in the previous edition and more enduro MTB sections that will be revealed in their entirety as the date of the event approaches, organised by Zona Zero Pirineos on the Spanish side and Transpyros and Luchon Louron Cyclisme on the French side, with the collaboration of all the town councils through which the event takes place. An event that, beyond the purely sporting aspect, aims to strengthen the coexistence between two nearby territories, each on two different sides of the Pyrenean massif that have helped and collaborated at different times in history. Between each stage, there will be musical entertainment and culinary specialities from both sides of the border.
