Javi Angulo

From Spain, living in Girona
2 bikes owner
He is so much into numbers that he has to compensate for it by writing articles for the magazine. Javi has a preference for riding long over fast, and is unable to say no to any crazy cycling adventure on his radar.
When on the bike: Gravel, road cycling and bikepacking
When off the bike: Sports analytics, running

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Javi Angulo

Santa Vall was originally a mountain bike one-day race called Gironès MTB Challenge, with local riders and some international figures ripping the singletracks around...

Once again, Girona is the epicenter of gravel racing, with Santa Vall kickstarting the competitive season. The high standards of the organizers, combined with the...

HUNT has quickly gone from being the hunter to the hunted, and their constant improvement, together with probably the best price-quality ratio in the market, put them at...

Over the past few years, Mathieu van der Poel is leaving no stone unturned and he is currently enjoying the shape of his life. The fans that watch him win live go back...

“Sign up for an ultradistance event”, they said. “It is not as challenging as you may think”, no one ever said. This year’s Across Andes was one for the books...

Here in the northern hemisphere, we are heading to winter, and it is understandably more difficult to find the motivation to go out and ride. The grim weather conditions...

Times are changing. While a few years ago it seemed that the only way to make a living out of cycling was by racing on the road, nowadays off-road disciplines are...

Summer in Girona seems endless, as even in late October the temperatures were above 20ªC and delighted those taking part in GiRodeo. There were no doubts that all the...

Bike fairs are cool. If they are about handmade bikes, even cooler. And if they take place in an attractive location like the Dresden airport, the superlative form of...

The French Vosges are probably unknown to those living in the southern part of Europe, but this mountain range is the go-to destination of cyclists from the Benelux area...

In November 2022 it was announced that Oud-Heverlee, a small municipality in Flemish Brabant, would host the following year the first-ever Gravel Belgian Championships....

The first edition of the Gravel Earth Series came to an end last weekend in Cardona, with a five-star startlist racing for the final win and overall victory in a tough...

Taking into account that this year the dates of Among the Giants coincided with the beginning of the end of the long, warm summer days, the emotional hangover post-event...

When we named the fifth edition of Among the Giants “ATG5: Coming full circle” it was because it represented the final chapter in the Alps. We knew we would have to...

In a matter of just a couple of years, the European calendar has been populated with loads of gravel races which, together with the already established American scene,...

While in most countries last week was all about the national road cycling championships, the Vuelta a Colombia, one of the most relevant events in the country, took...

As temperatures keep rising, all kinds of outdoor events populate our calendars. In the same way that a lot of people look forward to that particular summer festival...

Similar to the professional career of a rider, cycling photographers know that Europe is the place to be if one wants to get their work recognized. 2023 is the first...

On May 12th - 14th, 170 riders from 26 different nationalities rode their bikes, partied, and met loads of new people in the Gorafe desert as part of the Guadix Gravel...

QUOC shoes have a reputation for their good-looking appearance, and those lucky ones that try them can confirm that the products of the British brand meet the...