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Everyone photographs the Stelvio’s 48 hairpins. Only few photograph the Gavia.

It’s the tenth highest paved road in the Alps. It has two ways up, and we’ve climbed both.

👚The Gavia entered the Giro d’Italia in 1960, when Imerio Massignan crossed the summit first. Its real legend came in 1988. A blizzard hit mid-stage, conditions that would stop a race today. American Andy Hampsten pushed through in a pair of ski gloves he’d thought to pack, descended the other side while rivals turned back, and rode into the Maglia Rosa.

⛰️From Bormio: 24.8 km, 1,435 m of climbing, 5.8% average.

Unlike its neighbour the Stelvio, this side isn’t full of hairpins, just 10, all clustered together past the village of Santa Caterina. After that, it’s an almost straight line to the top, with several kilometres over 10% that arrive exactly when your legs think the hard part is over.

⛰️From Ponte di Legno: 16.4 km, 1,319 m of climbing, 8% average.

This is the historic side, the one most associated with the Giro. The final stretch is what riders call a goat track to the summit at 2,616 m, and there’s a dim, unlit tunnel partway up. Pack a light.

💕Just below the summit, on both sides, sit two small lakes: Lago Nero and Lago Bianco. Black lake, white lake. Local legend says they represent two lovers forced apart, impossible love, frozen into the landscape.

Two ascents, one summit. Bormio is the longer fight, steadier, more sustained. Ponte di Legno is the shorter punch, sharper, harder, over faster.
Some of our guests ride one side.

Some ride up one and down the other, in the same day.⚡️🚵🏻‍♀️🚵🏼‍♂️⚡️

Look for the Passo Gavia in our bio and find the tour that fits your expectations. We’ll take care of all details, you just think about getting over here 🧡

Maratona dles Dolomites completed, you can keep pedaling and conquer some of the most epic climbs in your bucket list!

While most of our guests flied home after race week, five of them did not this year.

Three more days of riding after the finish line, from Corvara through Merano and up to Bormio, over the Stelvio’s 48 hairpins. Two of them you can find somewhere around hairpin 30 in the photos, still smiling!

This is one of our most popular itinerary this year: Dolomites to Stelvio. Yes, it requires some courage to add this as an extension to the Maratona dles Dolomites, but it is worth every pedal stroke. 🚵🏻‍♀️🚵🏼‍♂️🚵🏻✨

2027 Maratona spots, extension included, go live soon.

Ten days. More than 1,300 km. 22,000 meters of climbing. From Trieste-Italy, on the Adriatic, to Menton-France, where the Alps fall into the Mediterranean.

Eight friends cycling the full spine of the Alps. From Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, across the Dolomites, then the Stelvio Pass and its endless switchbacks. Lombardy and the lakes towards the epic grand finale in Piedmont. The Colle delle Finestre, where the road turns gravel near the sky. The Colle Fauniera, where Pantani is watching you, silent, severe, unforgettable.

Every day a different valley, a different summit, a different obstacle to overcome. At your own pace.
The CyclingHero support in the background, on the road.

“Incredible 10 days across the most beautiful parts of the Alps. A very challenging odyssey made possible. Thanks again.”
Benjamin J.

Hardest one-day Granfondo in Europe? Let’s go. 🚵🏻‍♂️🚵🏻‍♀️🇮🇹

We’re teaming up with and .bike for a full week leading into the legendary Sportful Dolomiti Race.

📅 June 15 to 22, 2026 (8 days / 7 nights)
What you’re in for:

🏔️ The full menu of iconic Dolomites passes. Gardena, Sella, Pordoi, Falzarego, Valparola, Erbe and the Giau for those leaving it all on the road.

🏨 3 nights based in Corvara, right in the heart of Alta Badia.

🚵🏻‍♂️ A social spin with two cycling icons, and , rolling out from the Sportful Flagship store. Yes, really.

🏁 Race day on June 21. Granfondo 204km / 4,900m, or Mediofondo 125km / 2,600m if you want to keep it (relatively) civil.

Plus a Cat 1 coach in your corner all week, premium support, and boutique stays throughout.

If you’ve been eyeing a real one in the Dolomites, this is it. 🔥

Full itinerary ➡️ https://cyclinghero.cc/bike-tour/veneto-sportful-dolomiti-race-8-days

When a guest comes back for the third year in a row, the question is: how do you surprise them?

7 days riding in the beautiful scenery of Northern Italy may have not been enough, even if the sun shines every single day, that’s Italian cycling for you.

What about being on the road with your favorite Canadian pro-cyclist and get to have a chat with him? A short, slightly formal one 🇨🇦 but with your heart beating almost like when you’re cycling up a climb…

what a great cycling chapter of history you’re presenting us, eh! Grazie💕

A special departure awaits in September this year: 7 days of wild gravel roads in the Dolomites with a unique host, Chris Case, founder of , former managing editor , ultracyclist and passionate of all Dolomites.

The trip starts in Treviso before heading north and meeting the Dolomites in Cortina d’Ampezzo, where the gravel roads will take you to the core of these magic mountains passing through Austria with a glorious finish line in Corvara, Alta Badia.

458 km
8.612 m climb

We can’t wait to have you here and be part of this one in the lifetime adventure. Do not hesitate to contact us or directly.

September 15-21. Limited spots available.
Link in bio ✨🚵🏻‍♀️🚵🏻‍♂️✨

Every trip starts with a conversation, listening to you as a cyclist, what you’re looking for, what you’re ready to leave behind for a week, how much of a challenge you want to take on.

Then we start planning. Every detail, every road, every point of interest you don’t want to miss.

Once on the road with your bicycle you can ride, “senza pensieri e senza fretta”, at your pace.
The land does the rest, the beauty of those roads that we are glad to share with you.

We are grateful to all of our guests who trust us with something that matters to them.
Grazie🧡