12 July
Malpensa airport tranfer to Argegno (Loc sta Anna Hotel) , bike assembly and accomodation.
4 nights to Locanda St´Anna Hotel, Argegno (Como Lake)
13 July
1stage – Ride to Menaggio and cross by boat to Bellagio, for to climb the Giro de Lombardía mitic climb (Ghisallo). There We will visit the bicicle italian museum and take a good sweet and italian Capuccino for ride to the next climb, the super hard Muro di Sormano!!! This is a chronometrated climb for super climbers. Next we will go to Como for return to the hotel.
Km 95
GAP 1900mt
14 July
2stage – We will go to Como for to entry in Svizzerland, and ride to Lugano. There we will visit Assos store. Next we will climb Valmara special climb for to arrive the Sighignola top mountain. (Balcone d´Italia) The best Lugano panoramic view!!! Sighignola to Hotel is practically down hill…
15 July
3stage – Como lake ride tour. Spectacular and tipical ride, we will stop in some lake beachs to drink and eat pizza and tipical produced lake beer.
Km 155
GAP 850mt
16 July
Shopping Como and town visit. Transfer to Bormio Trip(4h by car)
5 nights to Rini agriturismo Bormio
17 July
1 stage – First day in the Alps !! A good breakfast before facing the ascent to Livigno, climbing Passo Foscagno at 2291mt. Next get down to the highest village in Europe (Tre palle), climb some gap meters to cross the Passo Eira and get down to Livigno. We will enjoy some typical mountain sweets “ Crostata” to energy recover and to go to another climb ( Fórcola) that later down hill to Bernina road.From here a very long down hill of 30km to go to Tirano. Another technical pit stop and return calmly and leg pain to the Hotel.
Km:116
Gap: 2506mt
18 July
2stage – A mythical day in which we will climb the Mortirolo. We will go to Tirano in a long soft downhill to enter the village of Tovo di Sant’Agata and to take THE CLIMB!!.Mortirolo Climb, with some monuments dedicated to Marco Pantani, is and Giro d´Italia historic climb. Only suitable for 11-32 rear gears if you want to ride comfortable. We will go down the south slope and after a false ascending level we will arrived to Ponte di Legno where we will begin the ascent to the Gavia (PIT stop on top to recovery). From the top the descent to Bormio is continous, no more climbs.
Km: 133.6
GAP: 3005mt
19 July
3stage – This is a memorable tour for the ascent to Stelvio !! One of the most famous climbs in the world, with amazing panoramic views from the first half of climb. We will decided what to do when we will reach the top … On top Pit stop obliged to recover and to decided then if we will get down the north face, or the same face to descend the Umbrail and to go to Santa Maria, from where we will enter to Livigno after to climb another “small” cilimb , and to take the bike shuttel to cross the mountain by tunnel. We will have to climb the Eira pass yet and another small climb of the Foscagno north face. From top we will get down to Bormio.
Km: 112
GAP: 2772mt
20 July
4stage – Day visit to St Moritz, paradise of beauty, class and luxury. We will climb one more time Foscagno pass, and Eira pass for to go to Livigno, then climb the Forcola, we will enter on Switzerland and climb to the right what remains of the Bernina pass. Then we will ride to Samedan direction or turn left 7km before to Saint Moritz.We will back to the same road…
Km: 91
GAP: 2731mt
21 July
Recovery day, and shopping or other needs (fisiotherapy, wáter therapy..) shopping Bormio town and trip transfer to Selva Di val Gardena (5h by car)
1 night in Piccolo Hotel
22 July
1stage – We will start to Selva and suddenly we will find the Passo Gardena climb, we will go to Corvara and we will climb the Pordoi pass, for to take the down hill for end on Canazei.
Km:58
GAP: 1596mt
1Night in Croce Bianca Hotel
23 July
2stage – Some quiet day, with the ascent to Passo Sella and down the same road to Moena where we will stay one night.
Km: 41
Gap: 779mt
1night In Faloria Hotel
24 July
3stage – We will start in climb prattically … we will climb San Pellegrino pass (also called Lusia), to return to Moena and then take direction to Canazei, but some km before we will turn left to Bolzano where we will climb a small ascent to Carezza al Lago. From here it will be practically get down to Bolzano !!!
Km: 75
GAP: 1069mt
1 night in bolzano Hotel
25 July
Shopping and visit Bolzano town and trip to Argegno, Locanda Sta Anna. (4:30h trip by car)
Last night in Locanda st´Anna
July 26
Preparation baggage day, bike boxes and trip to Milano Malpensa Airport.
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