Rest Day and Repair of Bike Derailleur

Celebrating the 45th edition of the Giro delle Dolomiti with an APERITIVO LUNGO in Firmiano Castle / Messner Mountain Museum.

As the centerpiece of the Messner Mountain Museum, MMM Firmian in Sigmundskron Castle near Bozen addresses the subject of man’s encounter with the mountains. In a setting dominated by the various peaks between the Schlern and the Texel range, the museum is spacious enough to be organized as an itinerary between the various works of art, installations and relics that it houses. The paths, stairs and towers lead visitors from the depths of the mountain, where their origins and exploitation are brought to life, and the religious significance of the peaks as an aid to orientation and a bridge to the beyond, to the history of mountaineering and the alpine tourist industry that we know today.

STAGE 3 | WÜRZJOCH – PASSO ERBE
WÜRZJOCH – PASSO ERBE

Derailleur cable broke in steep section

26 July – 2.207 m | 175 km | h. 7.00
Crono Petschied/Prada – Passo Erbe | 10,7 km • 867 m

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

The queen stage of this edition takes us into the Puez-Odle Natural Park up to the Passo delle Erbe at an altitude of 1,998 meters a.s.l. It is the passage from the valley of Luson to Val Badia, wonderfully set among gentle alpine meadows and extensive forests, at the foot of Sass de Putia (2,875 m). A challenge-ride of 100 km and 2000 meters of climbing to overcome. Towards Val Badia to Casteldarne and then Vandoies di Sopra, where a lunch will be served. The tour continues through the Val Pusteria Valley, leading to Bressanone, Valle Isarco, ending in Bolzano.

Completed the second stage of Giro Dolomiti in rally hot 38+ degrees

VINSCHGAU – VENOSTA

25 July – 1.634 m | 172,9 km | h. 7.00
Crono Sluderno – Crossroads Maso Albergad | 9,8 km • 622 m

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

Second challenge – ride of Giro delle Dolomiti 2022 with its 172 km and almost 2000 meters of climbing. You reach Merano, the famous spa town in South Tyrol, and climb up to Tel, where the Vinschgau Valley begins. You ride 50 km through this U-shaped valley, admiring numerous villages, churches and castles. In the distance you can see the glaciers of the Ortler group glistening. In the Marble Village of Lasa, there will be a refreshment point before keeping on to “Alta Via della Val Venosta”. Far away you can see the cultivated fields of the valley floor and catch a glimpse of the white marble quarries. Once in Tanas, we go on and stop in Silandro for a well-deserved lunch before concluding our pleasant journey to Bolzano deviating around the Merano basin.

Completed the first stage of the Giro Dolomiti today.

RITTEN – RENON

24 July – 1.345 m | 78 km | h. 9.00
Crono Rencio – Weber im Moos | 11,6 km • 791 m

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

Just a stone’s throw from Bolzano, the road winds through the vineyards up to the plateau of Ritten from where you can admire the Dolomites and the city of Bolzano from above. Once reached the highest point in Collalbo, the tour continues halfway up the mountain between the villages of Barbiano and Villandro. Here begins the descent to Chiusa, where the tour continues through the Isarco Valley before going back to Bolzano for lunch.