EurafricaTrail

Let's make history

Eurafrica Trail was born in October 2014 with one idea: to create the first mountain race in the world that connects two continents, across the Strait of Gibraltar. A goal as beautiful as it was ambitious—one that, after many adventures, we finally achieved with the first Intercontinental edition of our event, completed on November 1, 2016.

There, at the final celebration in the Kasbah of Chefchaouen, we realized what our idea truly meant: Eurafrica is our opportunity to Make History, to create lasting memories, and to unite different cultures through sport, respect for nature, and the sharing of our natural and social heritage.

That’s why Eurafrica Trail is not (just) a race—it’s a full experience that creates personal
stories in a truly unique place: the Eurafrica Territory.

Previous Editions

2015. The "Zero" edition

In 2014 we dreamt of creating what would be the first event between two continents in the world, and we took a first step in 2015 with the “zero” edition of Eurafrica Trail, in which almost 500 people took part.

An inaugural edition of the event, which, although it was only on European soil, was a high-level sporting challenge, with its two routes between Algeciras and Tarifa, within the Natural Parks of Alcornocales and the Strait of Gibraltar.

The races that inaugurated the Eurafrica Trail were the Long Trail of 70 Kms, starting in the Plaza Alta in Algeciras and finishing in Tarifa and the Colada de la Costa, which started from Pelayo, in Algeciras, to also reach Tarifa, covering 21 Kms, mostly through the Natural Park of the Strait.

Long Trail 70K Male
  1. Zaid Ait Malek.
  2. Joan Marc Falcó.
  3. Rubén Delgado.
  1. Silvia Marfil.
  2. Rafaela Román.
  3. María José Agustín.
  1. Francisco González.
  2. Manuel Alejandro Roa.
  3. Jesús Herrera.
  1. Catherine Piggot.
  2. Azucena López.
  3. Yolanda H. García.

2016. We Made History

On 1st November we made history, we became the first mountain race between two continents in the world.

Months of work, effort, desire and doubts that materialised in the Kasbah of the Medina of Chefchaouen, where in a trophy ceremony to remember, the participants of Eurafrica Trail 2016 became Intercontinental.

The headquarters of Eurafrica 2016 were Algeciras, in Europe, and in Africa the Rifian city of Chefchaouen, hosting a 4-day event within the Eurafrica Territory, the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean, all within the camps, the place where it all happened.

There were 5 types of participation. Intercontinental 80, Intercontinental 55 and the local races Quercus 50, Quercus 25 and in Morocco FRS Tissouka 30, where 600 people took on spectacular routes, which were technical and tough, in the Los Alcornocales Natural Park in Europe and the Talassemtane National Park in Morocco.

Intercontinental 80 Male
  1. Zaid Ait Malek
  2. Manuel Anguita
  3. Gerard Morales
  1. Anna Comet
  2. Rafaela Román
  3. Karol Estalrich
  1. José María Blanco
  2. Manuel Alejandro Saborido
  3. Ismael Martinez
  1. Nuría de Pablo
  2. Maite Franco
  3. Marina Villares
  1. Jesús Ignacio Sanchez / Catherine Piggot
  2. José Carlos Alonso / Susana Fuentes
  3. Manuel Alonso / Leyre Miguela
  1. Alfonso Torán / María Rodriguez
  2. Juan José Serván / Natalia Martinez
  3. Juan Antonio Torán / Ruth Flores
  1. Adil Alilech / Ikram Rharsalla
  2. Abdelatif Boulkhalf / Karima El Mtili
  3. Imaz Rzigen / Elvira Peña

2017. The Unity Edition

In what was our second Intercontinental edition, we fulfilled the challenge and the dream of uniting the three shores of the Strait of Gibraltar around sport, nature and the cultures that populate it. 2017 will go down in our history as the first year in which Gibraltar was part of Eurafrica.

It was exciting to kick off the race next to Gibraltar’s Europa Point lighthouse, with the presence of great runners, accompanied by hundreds of Eurafricans dreaming of becoming Intercontinentalists.

The race had as “homes” the Natural Parks of Upper Rock Natural Reserve (GIB), Parque Natural los Alcornocales (ESP) and Parc Naturel Talassemtane (MAR), with the cities of Algeciras and Los Barrios (Cádiz, ESP) and Chefchaouen (MAR) being the headquarters of our camps.

Humidity was the main protagonist in the first two European stages, with mild temperatures but a humidity in the environment that hindered the performance of the riders, with more incidence in the Spanish stage of Los Alcornocales.

More than 600 participants in total (200 of them Intercontinental), 125 volunteers lived and fulfilled the great challenge: to join the Strait with our steps.

Inter 90 Male
  1. Zaid Ait Malek
  2. Juan Maria Jiménez
  3. Javier Ordieres
  1. Angels Llobera
  2. Noelia Camacho
  3. Ana Cristina Constantin
  1. Francisco José Rodriguez de Paz
  2. Jesús Ignacio Sanchez Delgado
  3. Francisco José Alonso López
  1. Ainhoa Valenciano Vázquez
  2. Estefanía Moreno Alba
  3. Davinia Chulio

2018. The most intense edition

2018 arrived to change everything. Without a doubt, it was the most intense, most gruelling and most difficult edition we had faced up to that day in October. Without a doubt, it was our greatest victory to date – for the athletes, the volunteers and the organisers.

What was supposed to be our best-organised event ended up, due to the extremely adverse weather conditions, being the greatest challenge we had ever faced in our history. After welcoming the participants at Camp Europa, located at the Campo de Gibraltar Model Aircraft Club, in heavy rain and with a south-westerly wind (perfect conditions for a storm), we decided to offer everyone overnight accommodation in a sports centre provided by Algeciras Town Council.

The following day, the stage in Gibraltar went ahead in good conditions until the arrival of the expected storm in the early afternoon, which forced participants and volunteers to spend time together and ‘enjoy’ a downpour that lent an epic atmosphere to the climb up the Mediterranean Steps in the Upper Rock del Peñón Natural Park. We brought the stage to a close with a spectacular awards ceremony at St Michael’s Cave.

At the end of the stage, on the journey back to Camp Europa, and upon learning that it was completely flooded and posed a real risk to all of us who were due to spend the night there, the difficult but final decision was taken to relocate the camp from Algeciras to the Andrés Mateo Sports Centre in the city of the beautiful bay.

Fortunately, the storm passed, allowing us to enjoy the rest of the event and the races in better conditions. The #MagicCádiz27 and 50 took place on a spectacular day, during which participants were able to enjoy the cloud forests of Los Alcornocales Natural Park, in the mountains of Algeciras and Los Barrios – albeit with a modified route for safety reasons, omitting the upper section of the course (approx. 10 km).

After the awards ceremony, concert and the closing of the European stages, we set off the following day for Tangier, the port that welcomed us on the southern shore of the Eurafrica Territory, as always accompanied by FRS, our official shipping company since the start of our event. In Tangier, we enjoyed a guided tour of the Medina, and then made our way to the fishing village that would host us in Morocco: Belyounech. There, nestled between the white mass of Jbel Musa and the Mediterranean Sea, we spent two nights in the tents and classrooms of the school so generously made available to us by our Moroccan friends.

The #FRSBelyounech25 revealed to us the power and unique character of Jbel Musa, one of the legendary Pillars of Hercules (alongside its sister, Europa, or Gibraltar), which, contrary to what one might expect given its height of less than 900 metres, proved to be a technical and highly demanding ‘big mountain’, in a stage that was pure skyrace, with breathtaking landscapes, ascents and descents. After the short but gruelling final stage of Eurafrica18, we enjoyed the warmth and company of the people of Belyounech, first with a group of young local musicians at the school where we’d set up camp, then at the venue where we held the final awards ceremony with a huge party.

This is how Eurafrica18 unfolded – a defining year for us all, which gave us the feeling of being part of a big family that travels and stays united, above all else. A year that will pave the way for those to come… 


Eurafrica would never be the same again.

 

Inter 80 Male

1. Zaid Ait Malek
2. Tiago Aires
3. Juan Parez Torreglosa

1. Beth Pascall
2. Ester Casajuana
3. Noemi Delgado

1. Carlos García Hurtado
2. Antonio Herrera
3. Ivan Rosado

1. Cristina Durán
2. Silvia Fernández
3. Noelia Castillo

2019. The edition expanded to 4 stages

A year of consolidation and change. We expanded from three to four stages, including the province of Málaga as a destination within Eurafrica for the first time. An expansion northwards, to discover and introduce the whole Eurafrican family to the mountains of Ronda, Libar and Grazalema, and the Guadiaro Valley. A fantastic new stage, Aurum, which linked Benaoján and Cortes de la Frontera to our finish line at El Colmenar – Gaucín Station.

We also carried out a double ‘relocation’ of our central camps: in Europe, to Camping Los Alcornocales in Jimena de la Frontera (Cádiz), and in Africa, to the Hotel Kabila in MDiq (Morocco).

These changes, which were decisive for the organisation, gave us a great deal of peace of mind and security, resulting in the most predictable, well-organised and successful Eurafrica Trail we can recall to date.

On the sporting front, we witnessed a thrilling battle in the women’s category of our flagship event, the four-stage Inter Ultra 120, with the dazzling emergence of Megan Wilson and Lisa Watson, who secured first and second place respectively, beating the Basque runner Maite Maiora (who suffered an injury – a fractured rib – during the second stage) and finishing ahead of big names such as Silvia Puigarnau and Ester Alves.

In the men’s race, Zaid Ait Malek once again claimed the Eurafrica title for the fifth consecutive time, a feat that will be very difficult to match in our roll of honour. Zaid came to the Strait on the back of a “fantastic season” (he finished 4th in the ISF World Rankings) and proved his worth with a victory, edging out Dani García and Chema Romero in a tight battle.

This edition marked the consolidation of our event, travelling from north to south across the Strait of Gibraltar, with stops at Belyounech (FRS Musa 21), Benaoján and Cortes de la Frontera (Málaga), Algeciras and Los Barrios (Cádiz) and Gibraltar (UK). It was a comprehensive and special journey, thanks to the success in terms of participation and results.

 

Inter 120 Male

1. Zaid Ait Malek
2. Dani García Gómez
3. Chema Romero Palacios

1. Megan Wilson
2. Lisa Watson
3. Maite Maiora Elizondo

1. Fran Acosta Gutiérrez
2. Ivan Rosado Domínguez
3. István Kiss

1. Raquel Linares Mateo
2. Beatriz Escartín Gil
3. Elena Vilar Heras

The 2021 edition

An edition marked by pandemic restrictions, in which we had to wait practically until the last minute to go ahead with the event. In the end, we were unable to cross the Strait due to the closure of the Moroccan ports, and Eurafrica 21 took place as a scaled-down event on European soil, with stages in Jimena de la Frontera (Cádiz), where we kicked off with an individual time trial in the beautiful surroundings of the castle, our now-traditional visit to Gaucín Station (Cortes de la Frontera), a charming village on the border between the Ronda mountain range and the Alcornocales Natural Park, where we enjoyed the tremendous hospitality of its residents and local council, and we rounded off the event with a double-stage day: in the morning, a stunning half-marathon in the Algeciars mountains; and in the afternoon, the grand finale in Gibraltar with its now legendary Vertical Race, which, with its 5K and almost 500mD+, put the finishing touch to an unusual but joyful edition, thanks to the fact that we were able to see each other again and celebrate the festival of running in the Strait of Gibraltar.

As for the results, victory in our men’s multi-stage category went to the Frenchman Moha Aarab, who won the overall classification across the four stages ahead of Chema Romero from Cádiz (who had already finished third in 2019) and local runner Pablo Jurado from Campo de Gibraltar. In the women’s race, Noelia Castillo from Jerez came out on top, ahead of María García from Cigarrera and Jennifer Lewinski from Málaga.

General Classif

Masculino

1. Aarab Moha
2. Romero Palacios Chema
3. Jurado Arana Pablo

Femenino

1. Castillo Valle Noelia
2. Garcia Gonzalez Maria
3. Lewinski López Jennifer

Masculino

1. Aarab Moha
2. Gil Ruiz Jose
3. Jurado Arana Pablo

Femenino

1. Castillo Valle Noelia
2. Garcia Gonzalez Maria
3. Lewinski López Jennifer

Masculino

1. Aarab Moha
2. Romero Palacios Chema
3. Jurado Arana Pablo

Femenino

1. Castillo Valle Noelia
2. Garcia Gonzalez Maria
3. Lewinski López Jennifer

Masculino

1. Aarab Moha
2. Romero Palacios Chema
3. Jurado Arana Pablo

Femenino

1. Castillo Valle Noelia
2. Garcia Gonzalez Maria
3. Lewinski López Jennifer

Masculino

1. Romero Palacios Chema
2. Aarab Moha
3. Gil Ruiz Jose

Femenino

1. Castillo Valle Noelia
2. Lewinski López Jennifer
3. Garcia Gonzalez Maria

2022. We are Intercontinental again.

After three years, we managed to run between two continents once again. It was a special edition, memorable for the reunion, which also treated us to a thrilling battle for the overall classification, highlighted by the fine example of friendship shown by the top four finishers (Moha Aarab, Roger Comellas, Jose Antonio Luque and Tiago Vieira), who provided us with both a spectacular show and genuine sporting values in equal measure.

We also had the pleasure of welcoming Ragna Debats, one of the world’s greatest female runners of the decade and a world champion, alongside Ana Cerván, three-time winner of Spain’s most popular mountain race: the 101 km Ronda race. Joining them in the fray was the Romanian Ana Cristina Constantín, who, as always, performed at a very high level.

This joyful return to the African mountains meant reuniting with many friends and family members, who, after eight years, have become an indispensable part of our adventure. We also enjoyed, for the first time, a guided tour of the Medina of Tetouan, one of the best-preserved in the Maghreb.

On the sporting front, the Dutch runner Ragna Debats dominated every stage except the final one – a vertical climb in Gibraltar – and prevailed over her rivals in the women’s overall classification, joining the roll of honour for our race alongside runners such as Anna Comet, Beth Pascall and Angels Llobera.

In the men’s overall classification, Frenchman Moha Aarab claimed the overall title for the second year running, in a thrilling battle, winning every stage.

General Classif

Masculino

  1. Moha Aarab
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jose Antonio Luque

Femenino

  • Ragna Debats
  • Ana Cristina Constantin
  • Maria Beltrán

Masculino

  1. Moha Aarab
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jose Antonio Luque

Femenino

  1. Ragna Debats
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. María Beltrán

Masculino

  1. Moha Aarab
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jose Antonio Luque

Femenino

  1. Ragna Debats
  2. Ana Cristina Constantin
  3. Anabel Lermos Bautista

Masculino

  1. Moha Aarab
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Tiago Vieira

Femenino

  1. Ragna Debats
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. Ana Cristina Constantin

Masculino

  1. Moha Aarab
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jose Antonio Luque

Femenino

  1. Ana Cerván
  2. Ragna Debats
  3. Maria Beltrán

Masculino

  1. Rachid El Amrani
  2. Youssef Ait
  3. Youssef Maskouk

Femenino

  1. Ragna Debats
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. Ana Cristina Constantin

2023. Return to the Eurasian comeback era.

The 2023 edition was a very special one, a memorable one due to the wealth of memories, the changes amongst the competitors and the adverse situations, each followed by a comeback.

For the first time in eight editions, we had two stages on Moroccan soil, with Belyounech (and Jbel Musa) and Belwazen (and Jbel Abyad) serving as venues. The event got underway on European soil without any major incidents, but during our first African stage we faced the unfortunate situation of having to suspend the fourth stage at Jbel Musa, due to a security issue unrelated to the race, which occurred on a section halfway through the route. This sad situation for everyone was turned around during the fifth and final stage at Belwazen, providing a happy ending for all and marking yet another remarkable comeback in the history of our event.

On the sporting front, we enjoyed a week of top-class competition. In the women’s classification, we witnessed an overwhelming and historic victory by the English runner Georgia Tindley, who adds to the Eurafrica Trail’s roll of honour with a clean sweep across all four stages contested. Yolanda Fernandez del Campo finished in second place and Celine Gallardo in third.

In the men’s overall standings, we witnessed a historic edition, as there had never been so many contenders for victory, nor so many changes to the podium positions during the event. Yoel de Paz, Moha Aarab, Juho Ylinen and Dário Moitoso all led the race at some point, but Aarab’s withdrawal and Ylinen’s finish with a significant time deficit – both during the Cádiz stage – ultimately decided the final podium: champion Yoel de Paz, runner-up Dário Moitoso from Portugal, and third place for Marc Ollé.

We all celebrated the finish in Belwazen for what it was: a triumph of cultural unity and respect for nature through sport, in an edition that will go down in history, just like that wild and beautiful 2018, when the entire convoy had to pull together as one to overcome all the setbacks. The Eurafrica of comebacks, unity and thrills is back.

General Classif

Masculino

1. Yoel De Paz
2. Dário Moitoso
3. Marc Ollé

Femenino

1. Georgia Tindley
2. Yolanda Fernández del Campo
3. Celine Gallardo

Masculino

1. Yoel De Paz
2. Juho Ylinen
3. Dário Moitoso

Femenino

1. Georgia Tindley
2. Yolanda Fernandez del Campo
3. Celine Gallardo

Masculino

1. Moha Aarab
2. Juho Ylinen
3. Yoel De Paz

Femenino

1. Georgia Tindley
2. Yolanda Fernandez del Campo
3. Celine Gallardo

Masculino

1. Dário Moitoso
2. Yoel De Paz
3. Marc Ollé

Femenino

1. Georgia Tindley
2. Yolanda Fernández del Campo
3. Celine Gallardo

Masculino

1. Dário Moitoso
2. Yoel De Paz
3. Javier Fernández

Femenino

1. Georgia Tindley
2. Yolanda Fernández del Campo
3. Celine Gallardo

2024. The Year of the Eurafrican Women

What a year!! An exceptional and great fun edition of the event, in which, for the first time, we came close to 50 per cent (we ended up at 49 per cent) female participation in the Intercontinental category.

 

We ‘enjoyed’ changeable and damp weather, typical of autumn in the Strait, which affected the race across as many as three stages,

 

We introduced the M’Diq stage as the fifth and final leg of the event – a fast race in Cabo Negro, a coastal area near Tetouan, with cliffs and stunning views of the Mediterranean and the Fasm el Jaar mountains, where we held our fourth stage in Morocco.

 

On the sporting front, Oihana Azkorbebeitia dominated the women’s general classification with an iron grip, securing victories in the first three stages, which gave her a comfortable lead in Europe and allowed her to compete more relaxed during the African stages, sharing the victory with Hanan Et Tabaa in Belwazen, and with Ana Cerván in M’Diq. These two runners – the runner-up from Marbella and the Moroccan based in Spain (who finished third) – rounded off the women’s overall podium in 2024 after having featured on the podiums in every stage of the event. Azkorbebeitia became the first runner to win five stages in the history of the Eurafrica Trail, and she remains the leader in that statistic to this day.

 

The men’s classification was much more closely contested, featuring the two-time Eurafrica champion from 2021 and 2022, Moha Aarab; the Asturian athlete from the Asics Team, Diego Menéndez; Jairo Laguna from Valencia, representing the Lurbel Team; and the promising young trail runner from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains, Youssef Ait-Maskouk.

 

The first Vertical stage in Gibraltar was won by Diego Menéndez, with a blisteringly fast run (the third-fastest time in history at 27:05), followed by Moha Aarab and Jairo Laguna. The second stage in Málaga went once again to Diego Menéndez, with Ait-Maskouk and Aarab in second and third place.

The overall standings were turned on their head during the third stage in Algeciras, where, in torrential rain, Moha Aarab and Youssef Ait Maskouk won the stage with a lead of almost 9 minutes over Diego Menéndez, which meant the contest was wide open going into the final two stages in Morocco.

 

The finale in Africa was spectacular. In the wet and windy stage at Jbel Abyad, Youssef Ait Maskouk led the race with an iron grip alongside his compatriot Nourdine Bachki, and the pair shared the victory at the finish line, 5:46m ahead of Menéndez. In the final stage, the Asturian runner from ASICS managed to make up for the disappointment of the previous two stages, winning by a margin of 7 seconds over Nourdine Bachki and almost 1m over Youssef Ait Maskouk.

General Classif

Male

  1. Youssef Ait Meskouk
  2. Diego Menendez
  3. Jairo Laguna

Female

  1. Oihana Azkorbebeitia
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. María Herrera

Male

  1. Diego Menéndez
  2. Moha Aarab
  3. Jairo Lagun

Female

  1. Oihana Azkorbebeitia
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. Ainhoa Elizondo

Male

  1. Diego Menéndez
  2. Youssef Ait Meskouk
  3. Moha Aarab

Female

  1. Oihana Azkorbebeitia
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. Hanan Et Tabaa

Male

  1. Moha Aarab EA
  2. Youssef Ait Meskouk EA 
  3. Diego Menéndez

Female

  1. Oihana Azkorbebeitia
  2. Ana Cerván
  3. Hanan Et Taba

Male

  1. Youssef Ait Meskouk EA
  2. Nourdine Bachki EA
  3. Diego Menéndez

Female

  1. Hanan Et Tabaa EA
  2. Oihana Azkorbebeitia EA
  3. Ana Cerván

Male

  1. Diego Menéndez-Rodríguez Noriega
  2. Nourdine Bachki
  3. Youssef Ait Meskouk

Female

  1. Ana Cerván EA
  2. Oihana Azkorbebeitia EA
  3. Hanan Et Tabaa

2025: Great Tenth Edition

What an edition to celebrate ten years. A decade of history in the Strait, and the tenth edition gave us perhaps the most dominant sporting story ever recorded in the Eurafrica Trail palmares: two athletes, a man and a woman, who did not let a single stage victory slip through their fingers across the five stages of the event.

Romanian Valentín Toma arrived at the Strait with the backing of a strong performance at the Trail World Championships in Canfranc, where just a month earlier he had delivered a top-level showing, finishing close to the TOP20. And at Eurafrica he confirmed all that potential in the most emphatic way possible: he became the first runner in history to win all five stages of the Intercontinental category in a single edition. From the Gibraltar Vertical, where he shared the top spot with Roger Comellas (both in 28:01, the third fastest time in the history of the race), to the final sprint along the cliffs of Cabo Negro in M’Diq, Toma never surrendered a single second of the lead. His advantage over the Catalan Comellas in the general classification was close to half an hour (6:29:38 vs 6:58:17), with Valencian Jairo Laguna rounding off the podium in a well-deserved third place.

In the women’s race, the story was exactly the same. Swiss Maude Mathys, a world-class athlete, also swept all five stages, dominating from Gibraltar to M’Diq with commanding authority. Second and third in the general, Silvia Lara and Aina Cusí fought a gripping battle throughout the week: Lara was more consistent across the European stages, Cusí edged her in M’Diq, but the accumulated times gave the runner-up spot to Lara (8:29:05) and third place to Cusí (8:32:01), separated by just three minutes across five days of racing.

Eurafrica 2025 was also the edition of consolidation. Ten years on from that first adventure in 2015, the event reached its anniversary more mature than ever: true to the purpose that brought it to life, that of building bridges between the cultures, landscapes and people who share this unique corner of the world, proving that sport remains the common language of both shores of the Strait.

General Classif

Male

  1. Valentín Toma 
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jairo Laguna Picó 

Female

  1. Maude Mathys
  2. Silvia Lara
  3. Aina Cusí 

Male

  1. Valentín Toma
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jairo Laguna

Female

  1. Maude Mathys
  2. Silvia Lara
  3. Aina Cusi

Male

  1. Valentín Toma:
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jairo Laguna 

Female

  1. Maude Mathys
  2. Silvia Lara
  3. Aina Cusí

Male

  1. Valentín Toma
  2. Roger Comellas
  3. Jairo Laguna

Female

  1. Maude Mathys
  2. Silvia Lara
  3. Aina Cusí

Male

  1. Valentín Toma
  2. Abdeali Bousalem
  3. Youssef Ait Meskouk 

Female

  1. Maude Mathys
  2. Hanan Et Tabaa 
  3. Aina Cusí 

Male

  1. Valentín Toma
  2. Youssef Ait Meskouk
  3. Nourdine Backi 

Female

  1. Maude Mathys
  2. Aina Cusí 
  3. Silvia Lara 

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