Nove Colli?

shropshirelad
shropshirelad Posts: 53
edited May 2013 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Anyone going out to this massive Gran Fondo in Italy?

It's on next weekend (19th May) and has 12,000 entrants...
Andy Dawson

http://rideventures.blogspot.co.uk

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  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    Not this year.

    I did it in 2011. Brilliant route. I suffered badly (for nearly 12 hours!!) with the heat. Spent a lot of time shading under trees!
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  • shropshirelad
    shropshirelad Posts: 53
    Ah, looks like there's heavy rain showers mixed in with sunshine predicted for this year.

    How was the climbing - not too steep but long?
    Andy Dawson

    http://rideventures.blogspot.co.uk
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    A real mixture. Some long, some steep. I remember a couple at the end seeming really steep, but I was broken by then.

    Very well run event, but the scenery is the real winner. Amazing area that I would never have gone to otherwise.
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    TheStone wrote:
    A real mixture. Some long, some steep. I remember a couple at the end seeming really steep, but I was broken by then.
    The last climb, the Gorolo isn't as high or as steep as the more famous Barbotto at about halfway, but the Gorolo has 15% near the bottom and after the flattish bit it then has 17%. So 'broken' or not, it's not that easy.
  • el_rey
    el_rey Posts: 83
    I am leaving on Sunday for the Nove Colli. I am staying at the Hotel Beau Soleil in Cesenatico. It is a great area for cycling. The current forecast calls for rain late in the week but a nice weekend.

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