21 Cycling Climbs Part Two - Flipbook - Page 184
Passo Gardena
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1.
The Sellaronda is known as the most beautiful
cycling route in the world.
I wouldn’t dispute that claim. The Sellaronda is
nothing less than a cycling paradise.
The name comes from the world-famous ski run
of the same name.
The Sellaronda makes up most of the short
course of the Maratona dles Dolomites cycling
sportive and around 55kms of the entire course,
which includes the Passo Giau.
Cycling events usually run anti-clockwise, often
using the small town of Corvara as the starting
point on the loop.
2.
Its not easy to say anything about the Passo
Gardena that’s not Wow! Gobsmacking, mindboggling, or just out of this world.
It’s a 360-degree landscape that’s so mindboggling impressive it hurts.
Impossible to take in. It’s a brain overload that
turns you into a gibbering 1970s hippie high on
weed, and all you can say is, Wow, just wow!
It looks like the American west but with Italian
cafes and luxury boutique hotels.
Life doesn’t have to be tough, stop and admire
the view for long enough and someone will
appear with tables, chairs, and a choice of
coffee and pastries.
First up is the Passo Gardena.
Things keep getting better once over the top
and into the valley beyond.
Did I just die and go to heaven?
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