Enjoying a beer on the terrace in the Italian sun. A tough day, but getting used to it by now. Some great single track, but a bit too much pushing the bike.
7 hours 58 mins on the road to La Villa. 58 kilometres, 2572m gain, 2077m loss. Thunder storms, 1.
Toughest day so far, and physically one of the toughest of my life. Last 2 hours in heavy rain was really tough with some treacherously steep and slippy gravel.
64km to Reischach in 6 hours 23 minutes. 1185m gain, 1221m loss. Number of snakes nearly run over, 1.
This may well officially be Italy, but it looks and sounds very Austrian. An easy day today but mood a bit down in all of us as we are so tired after the last two days.
Stats for Sunday 71km to Freienfeld, Italy. 1610m gain, 1305m loss. 6 avalanches crossed. 7 hours 23 mins on the ‘road’, and best of all, 75km p/h top speed!
Into Italy! Rest of the day is downhill. Hampered by a puncture and blown tube for Daniel. Great surroundings, great fun.
This is bringing back great memories of childhood holidays here. Mountains, lakes, alpine forests, sunshine and lots of crazy cyclists…