Races · 4 May 2026
Five races worth travelling for
Destination races where the city is as much of a reason to go as the finish line.
Tokyo for the organisation, Rotterdam for the speed, Copenhagen for the weather, New York for the noise and Sydney for the sunrise.
Each of these races is worth planning a trip around, and each of them has a local club scene that will happily take you on a shakeout run the day before.
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