The Porreres ring

Mallorca route guide · Pla de Mallorca

Riding The Porreres ring

The loop the corridor could not close until the village ring was built: down the Ma-5030 past Porreres’ one-way pair to the rotonda des Pou Nou, south to the splayed junction under Monti-Sion, then the 1.4 km sanctuary climb at 6.4 % to the corridor’s one summit view — and back down. Home is through the town gate the register filed as a 306 m stub, then the old road’s arc along the town’s edge, where the Ma-5030A still carries the traffic the modern road never took.

This is a true 8.5 km circuit: the road closes naturally rather than using an artificial turnaround.

The route is read through settlement edges: narrow streets, rooflines, roundabouts, church towers, old road alignments, and the moment the built fabric releases the rider back into open country.

Captured in muntro

Relief, gradient, and how to pace it

The elevation trace is rolling rather than alpine, spanning 93 m from low point to high point. There is 116 m of total ascent, enough to reward measured pressure over the rises without turning the whole route into a survival exercise.

Ride the early gradients a shade below the effort you think you can hold. The broken rhythm rewards cadence changes and short, controlled pressure rather than repeated spikes above threshold.

Points to watch for

The best Mallorca routes are remembered as a sequence of places, not as a GPX line. These are the changes of scene that organise this ride.

1. 01

   Porreres

   The route rolls away from Porreres, giving you a few minutes to find cadence and read the road ahead.

2. 02

   Round the town, up to the sanctuary, and home on the old road

   Round the town, up to the sanctuary, and home on the old road is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

3. 03

   218 m high point

   At 218 m high point, the elevation trace reaches its ceiling before the road releases the height it has earned.

Why this road works indoors

muntro does not flatten the Porreres ring into a workout backdrop. The route’s bends, height, and junction order come from the road itself, while a compatible trainer reproduces the changing gradient under your pedals.

Because the course closes naturally, it works especially well for repeated laps, steady endurance rides, and comparing the same decisions under fatigue.