Classic Road Cycling Holidays - Follow the tracks of the pros!

Italy-Dolomites & Italian Alps

A road cycling holiday to the Dolomites and Italian Alps, which follows the successes of our French Alps and Pyrenean rides.These are some of Europe’s most dramatic mountains and they’re also where we’re staging our brand new mountain challenge. The tour takes in the most spectacular of these mountains and, of course, their legendary climbs.

Huge castles, vineyards and dramatic mountain peaks mark the far north of Italy as a genuinely special riding destination. To the north are the High Alps of Austria, to the west the Swiss Alps and to the east the Italian Alps and Dolomites. It’s here that the Giro d’Italia showcases some of the most challenging and thrilling mountain riding in the world of professional cycling.

Starting our week close to the tranquil shores of Lake Como we begin, relatively gently, by riding along the shores of the lake. Stepping things up a little we then scale the Ghisallo, visiting the famous hilltop cyclists shrine along the way. During the course of the next few days things get progressively tougher as we head deep into the mountains. An early highlight includes climbing the Motirolo, a climb described by Lance Armstrong as “the toughest in the world” and the site of an impressive memorial statue to Italian hero Marco Pantani.

As we make our way to Trento we take in many more of the Dolomites classic climbs including the Gavia, Rolle, Monte Grappe and the legendary 48 hairpins on the Stelvio, which at 2758 meters is one of the highest alpine passes in Europe.

Read a day by day account of the July 2008 trip. "Life in the fast lane" by Gareth Quinn.
The story is available here on Skedaddle Twaddle.

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