{"id":2307,"date":"2025-07-14T16:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdonostia.ainhoa.de\/day-5-from-llastres-to-gijon\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:16:41","slug":"day-5-from-llastres-to-gijon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdonostia.ainhoa.de\/en\/day-5-from-llastres-to-gijon\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 – From Llastres to Gij\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Today was a great day. Today’s route was my favorite so far and I’ll tell you why. <\/p>\n\n

We had a leisurely breakfast at around 8:30 and were ready to leave at around 9:30. But then we got chatting to another German in our hotel, so our departure was later than planned. He comes from Stuttgart and is driving all the way to Portugal. Whew, that’s a long time. We’d rather do a relaxed tour. <\/p>\n\n

As Llantres is on a mountain, we had to cycle up the first 8 km. That’s really hard on the legs. <\/p>\n\n

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Fully focused on the bike, while Stephan laughs and jokes comfortably in front.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The view over the mountains is very beautiful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Open your eyes! The Pohlmanns are coming! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Our first destination was Villaviciosa. The town lies on a long river and is surrounded by a national reserve. The ride there was all downhill (gradients of up to 14%). As the road is asphalted, it was quite easy and I reached a top speed of up to 46.6 km\/h. Maybe not fast for a car driver, but on a bike it was very fast! <\/p>\n\n

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Road down to Villaviciosa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Short break in the city center. Coke helps. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

From there, we headed towards Gij\u00f3n via many small villages. You always have a view of the sea and the roads are really nice to ride on. The highlight was Playa de Espa\u00f1a, which lies between two mountains. <\/p>\n\n

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For kilometers along the coast with a constant view of the coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The Playa de Espa\u00f1a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Selfie time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Then we had to fight our way up a super steep incline to get away from the beach again. So far, this was the hardest stretch we’ve ridden (2 km, average of 8% on 180 m elevation gain) That sounds tough, but it was \ud83d\ude02 Stephan went to the toilet beforehand and I went ahead. It took him up to 12 minutes to catch up with me… but it’s also hard to catch up with someone so fast \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <\/p>\n\n

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Soon we’ll be at the top! The last climbs… <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Once we reach the top, we have a lunch break. The owner of the bar rides a racing bike himself and has completed a 24-hour challenge. What a crazy man! We take a more relaxed approach. (If you read about it: https:\/\/www.esciclismo.com\/actualidad\/carretera\/26585.html)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

We then arrived in Gij\u00f3n at 14:10. As we had ridden up so much, we could just let ourselves roll down into the city. Because where it goes up, it must also go down. After a bit of searching, we finally found our hotel. <\/p>\n\n

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Plaza Mayor of Gij\u00f3n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Gij\u00f3n is really beautiful and that’s why we decided to stay here a day longer. That means tomorrow is a beach day and we won’t leave until Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n

The route today was really great because we were up in the mountains and had a constant view of the sea. But I also think it’s always great to be able to ride down quickly \ud83d\ude06 <\/p>\n\n

Conclusion of the day today: every mountain can be conquered! <\/p>\n\n

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