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Dragon Ride 2026
Dragon Ride 2026 takes place on 14 June 2026 from Margam Park near Port Talbot, with reversed South Wales road sportive routes through Bannau Brycheiniog ranging from 99 km to 298 km.
Port Talbot, Wales, United KingdomOpen
- Dates
- Sun, Jun 14, 2026
- Type
- Road
- Routes
- 99 · 153 · 222 · 298 km
- elevation range
- 1,350–3,500 m
- places
- 4,500
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The course
Track, profile and categorized climbs at a glance. The map and altimetry come from the real GPX track; tap a numbered climb for its detail.
Official profile
Official distance and elevation with a mountain profile. We estimate your times from those numbers.
Estimate by level
Without a GPX we still estimate your time from the official distance, elevation and terrain profile. We will refine it once the track is processed.
Map, point-to-point profile and categorized climbs will appear here once we process the GPX track for this route.
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Which route should I pick?
Relative demand and the key numbers for each route. Pick one and the rest of the page adapts.
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Do I have time to get ready?
What each route demands versus the time left to the start.
This edition has already been raced. Use it as a reference and prepare the next one with margin.
Compare what each route demands
Dragon Devil24 weeks
Gran Fondo20 weeks
Medio Fondo16 weeks
Cymru Classic12 weeks
Make it your goalDragon Devil asks for ~24 weeks of specific preparation. Start your plan with margin and arrive ready.
Get ready for Dragon Devil[ 04 ]
What do I need to know?
Ridium's training read and the caveats before you trust the times.
Training read · Ridium AIThe 298 km route at Dragon Ride is a long, climbing-heavy road ride in the Brecon Beacons and South Wales that combines high cumulative elevation with sustained and steep ascents.
- Climbing
Train both sustained tempo climbing and short steep surges, because the route strings together climbs such as The Bwlch, Rhigos, Bwlch Bryn-Rhudd, Bwlch Cerrig Duon, Devils Staircase, Sugar Loaf Hill, Black Mountain, Glynneath Hill and Sardis Hill and rewards riders comfortable changing gears and effort on varied gradients.
- Endurance
Build long aerobic rides toward the 298 km distance with meaningful climbing in each, allowing roughly 22 weeks of progressive volume so late-route climbs are not done on empty.
- Pacing
Hold back on the early climbs and keep a sustainable effort, since over a long day with this much climbing, going too hard early makes the final ascents disproportionately costly.
- Fueling
Plan structured hourly carbohydrate intake and practice it in training, because many hours of climbing demand steady fueling well before you feel empty.
Caveats
- No public GPX analysis was available for this route, so exact gradients, climb lengths, and total elevation should be treated as provisional.
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