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Cycling the Great Saint Bernard Pass Great St. Bernard Pass (Colle del Gran San Bernardo on the Italian side) is the third highest paved pass in Switzerland, at 2,469 m (8,100 ft). It connects [...]

Cycling Gavia Pass In 1988 Andy Hampsten won the Giro in the snow and ice on the Gavia, a goat track of a road. There was some snow on the road on the day I road it, though not as much as on [...]

Cycling the Stelvio Pass The Stelvio Pass is probably the most iconic climb in cycling because of it’s setting, beauty, difficulty, and history. It makes the Alpe d’Huez look like [...]

Cycling the Mighty Mortirolo Lance Armstrong said of the Mortirolo, “It’s a terrible climb…it’s perfect for a mountain bike. On the hardest parts, I was riding a [...]

Cycling the Tre Cime di Lavaredo The Tre Cime di Lavaredo is Italian for “the three peaks of Lavaredo.” From Wikipedia: Until 1919 the peaks formed part of the border between Italy [...]

Cycling Giao Pass from Pocol The north side of the Giau is the “easy” side, though it isn’t an easy climb. This side is 8.6km long at 8.3%. The other side is 10km at 9.1%. The [...]

Cycling Forcella Staulanza & Passo Duran This ride started and finished in Arabba, had a side spur to Longarone, and featured two climbs often seen in the Giro d’Italia: The Forcella [...]

Passo Giau from Arabba via Caprile The Giau may be the third hardest climb I’ve ever done in  Italy. The thing just never lets up! It didn’t help that I rode the Fedaia first. I [...]