The sa Pobla north loop

Mallorca route guide · North Mallorca

Riding The sa Pobla north loop

The recovery ride the northern hotels have always sent people out on: Addiscombe publishes it at 58.8 km through Alcúdia, and this one turns inland before the town and rides 49. Round the bay, inland across the marjal to sa Pobla, and back up the Ma-13 corridor. Almost nothing above ten metres, a headwind only if the tramuntana is up, and coffee at both ends.

This is a true 49.3 km circuit: the road closes naturally rather than using an artificial turnaround.

This is coastal Mallorca rather than a generic blue horizon: the road’s relationship with coves, cliffs, ports, stone retaining walls, and open water is what defines it.

Captured in muntro

Relief, gradient, and how to pace it

The profile is restrained by Mallorca standards: 45 m separates its lowest and highest points. The interest comes from rhythm, surface changes, exposed straights, and the way the road moves through the landscape rather than one headline climb.

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

   Port de Pollença

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

2. 02

   sa Pobla

   sa Pobla is one of the route’s defining changes of scene and a useful marker for pacing the ride.

3. 03

   47 m high point

   At 47 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 sa Pobla north loop 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.