21 Cycling Climbs Part Two - Flipbook - Page 124
Colle Delle Finestre
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1.
Every few years, the Giro d’Italia visits the Colle
delle Finestre and makes a big noise.
Eight kilometres of the road leading to the
summit from Susa are gravel. For many, that’s
eight kilometres of career-defining road.
Once it’s over the Finestre goes back to being
a quiet backwater of serenity.
2.
The views are good at the bottom and just
keep getting better the higher you go, the
peace is defening.
There is a reason the Colle delle Finestre is
so revered and it has nothing to do with the
gradient or the numbers.
The gravel gets replenished in the spring, so can
be very loose, but this is Italy, so you will already
be pretty loose yourself.
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3.
Take a walk on the wild gravel side. From the
top of the Finestre gravel tracks go off in every
direction.
Many say the climb to the top of the pass is just
the biginning, and you need go higher.