When and where do the three races in Arucas take place?
Arucas hosts three events in three weeks. The Santa Lucía Trail El Puertillo opens on Saturday 14 November, the Gran Fondo Pico de las Nieves follows on Sunday 22 November, the Bestial Race on Saturday 5 December.
According to event listings, the trail begins on the beach at El Puertillo on the coast. The Bestial Race starts and finishes in the Barreto area.
The Gran Fondo riders set off from the historic centre of Arucas and head for the Pico de las Nieves, according to the official website. Nothing in the announcements about the date change points to a new route.
Nobody has confirmed entry fees for 2026. Anyone who wants to take part should check the registration page of the relevant organiser.
Why was the Gran Fondo moved forward by a week?
The election decides the date: the organiser, DG Eventos, has moved the race from 29 to 22 November. It cites the early elections announced by the government, which fall on 29 November.
The DGT (the national traffic authority) and the Ayuntamientos (town halls) involved found a solution quickly, the organiser says. So one of the island's big cycling races stays on the calendar.
Anyone already registered for 29 November does not have to do anything. Questions go to the organiser at sport@dgeventos.com.
Arucas stays the venue. Its mayor, Juan Jesús Facundo, praised the route at the poster unveiling in May as “worthy of a Tour de France, a Giro or a Vuelta”.
What can cyclists expect on the Gran Fondo?
The long route is the big one: 125 kilometres, 3,324 metres of climbing and three timed sections. The shorter Artenara route returns, which the organisers also call demanding.
The Gran Fondo is the first stage of the 38th Gran Canaria Bike Week. DG Eventos organises it, backed by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (the island government) through the Instituto Insular de Deportes y Turismo, and by Turismo Islas Canarias.
The Ayuntamientos of Arucas and Artenara help organise the race. Facundo also stressed that more and more entrants travel from other European countries.
According to a race report, about 700 riders started the 2025 edition on 30 November. Blas Rivero won the men's race in 2:13:52 ahead of Germany's Daniel Kierok, and Germany's Sandra Renschke took the women's race in 2:55:59.
What applies to the Cronoescalada on 30 November?
Riders who cannot make 22 November have a fallback in the Gran Canaria Bike Week: the Cronoescalada Pico de las Nieves on 30 November. It is a timed mountain stage up to the Pico de las Nieves.
The Ingenio group starts at 10:00 in Ingenio towards Cazadores. The Cazadores group follows at 10:30 and joins from the GC-130 road towards Caldera de los Marteles.
If you have booked the Bike Week weekly package, you need take no further step. The municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and DG Eventos run the Bike Week.
Ingenio's mayor, Vanesa Martín, made the extra stage possible at short notice. The DGT approved it.
What is known about the trail and the Bestial Race?
The Club Deportivo Correteando organises the Santa Lucía Trail El Puertillo on Saturday 14 November. The sports department of Arucas and the Cabildo de Gran Canaria support it.
Event listings give distances of 14 and 20 kilometres, but this is not confirmed. The 2025 edition started on 15 November 2025 on the beach at El Puertillo.
The Bestial Race Gran Canaria, an obstacle race, closes the run on Saturday 5 December. It is billed as the 13th edition and offers 3, 6 and 12 kilometres with up to 50 obstacles.
In the Élite and Starter waves over 12 kilometres, OSO rules apply, so failed attempts are not allowed. In the general waves, a skipped obstacle costs 15 burpees, and listings say entry is through the official website.
What is still open, and what should visitors do?
Several basics are still missing. Nobody has confirmed start times for the Gran Fondo, entry fees for 2026 or times for the trail and the Bestial Race.
There is also no notice on road closures in the Canary Islands official gazette (BOC), from the Cabildo or from the Ayuntamiento de Arucas. Anyone travelling around Arucas or the Pico de las Nieves on 22 November should ask the organiser beforehand.
Visitors from the south get no travel advice either, and the organisers have not yet named any transport to the start points. They may still publish further details.