Back - Part I
Had a blast to say the least. Those mountain passes we both ecstasy and misery all wrapped up in one. In total 500km with 12000 metres of climbs in 6 days. Here are some pictures and comments of my journey!
Our first day was based in the northern city of Bolzano which provided us access to the first 3 mountain stages. Including the first won by Emmanuelle Sella up the Pampeago. We did a 90km circuit that took in the passo del santalucia followed by rolling hills to the base of the final climb which was around 8km at an average of 10% with the last 2km being at 16%!! Tough way to start the trip - but this was just the tip of the iceberg!
Check out the gradient. May be hard to appreciate from the photo but your staring down 16%
The crowd went nuts for Sella - the road up the final climb looked like this pretty much the whole way up! More crazy days to follow!
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