Gardone
Cycling: D’Annunzio Bike Ride
This is a difficulty trail / demanding route. Best suited for mountain bikes.
Terrain type: Woodland trail/Cycle path/Road/Quiet lanes/Uphill/Downhill.
You’ll need
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Helmet - you can hire one from Bike Planet, Via Nazionale Dei Giovi, 73, 30811 Cesano,
Maderno
Trainers
Map - you can find these at the Tourist Information Office
Water & Snacks
Sunscreen
Puncture repair kit
Duration: half day.
The route starts from the lakeside in Gardone Riviera, Cycling on a not particularly steep ascent on asphalt
we head towards the town hall, enter the village of Gardone Sopra, and after the Vittoriale square, take the
cobbled climb that leads from Montecucco to Tresnico with a gradient between 12% and 18%. With another
steep but short climb (peaks at 25%) you reach Delia Calma Street covering the first 5 Km. Ypu them
continue with gentle uos and downs in Val Sur.
At Conventino starts the most technical part. Enter the woods on an unpaved and sometimes rocky road, with
short natural steps of red rock to climb over with a jump. Go past Pra del Pero then cross the river and take
the easy white road that, with a fast and easy descent, leads you to Colomber, covering a total of about 18
Km. Then you face the steep and steady ascent, on an unpaved road in the woods, for about 5 Km with a
difference in altitude of 600 metres until the square of the Pirello, the highest point in the D’Annunzio bike
ride (1017 metres).
Finally the long unpaved descent of about 12Km. You pass through the villages of Bezzuglio and Fasano
Sopra, a short and steep cobbled descent, and we reach Poffa and villa Gemma. The final stretch of the trail
is and up and down of about 2 Km through side streets that bring you to the “crazy water park ”just below
the Vittoriale. The last short paved descent, the “Torricella”, takes you to the Vittoriale square in Gardone
Sopra