Day 4 - Naturns via Stelvio to Livigno
118km, 3622m.
This is about the top third or so of the climb, the bit above the trees ...
The big one, inspiration for all the training. I remember when I first saw a photo of the Stelvio Pass splattered across a mountainside in Ride magazine when the Giro went over it in 2005 and wondered if I'd ever be lucky enough to have a crack at riding up it, or even if I could. Frank was going on about the Transalp race going over "der Stilsferjoch" this year, and it took a while to dawn on me thats Stelvio in German. Unreal.
There are videos on YouTube showing the Stelvio, this one shows some bike event climbing the Pass in 2006, if you have some bandwidth its about 7 mins and the panning views gives you an idea of the scale of this hill.
Most of this is 8-9% gradient, 48 hairpins ...
and then another 600m climb after the 20-odd km descent to Bormio.
This is about the top third or so of the climb, the bit above the trees ...
The big one, inspiration for all the training. I remember when I first saw a photo of the Stelvio Pass splattered across a mountainside in Ride magazine when the Giro went over it in 2005 and wondered if I'd ever be lucky enough to have a crack at riding up it, or even if I could. Frank was going on about the Transalp race going over "der Stilsferjoch" this year, and it took a while to dawn on me thats Stelvio in German. Unreal.
There are videos on YouTube showing the Stelvio, this one shows some bike event climbing the Pass in 2006, if you have some bandwidth its about 7 mins and the panning views gives you an idea of the scale of this hill.
Most of this is 8-9% gradient, 48 hairpins ...
and then another 600m climb after the 20-odd km descent to Bormio.
