Devised in 2003 to celebrate the end-of-season wine harvest and the wonderful Italian gastronomy the Prosecco Cycling (also known as the Prosecco Gran Fondo) in the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/region/veneto">Veneto</a> region is a unique cycling festival that’s the very definition of  ‘La Dolce Vita’. At just under 100 kilometres long and climbing a modest yet still challenging 1550 metres along its route the event really is perfect for all abilities. With no fearsome high-altitude passes or savage gradients (well, not many) to contend with you can roll through the stunning scenery without a worry in the world. For those who like a bit of competition, however, although the complete route isn’t clocked there are timed climbs where you can put some extra effort in if you feel the need to burn a few more calories before sampling the fine food and drink available not only at the finish but all the way around the route.

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The start line for the event is in the center of Valdobbiadene from where you head into the rolling hills and Prosecco vineyards at the base of the Alps to the north of Venice. Never venturing into the high mountains the route links from village to village and vineyard to vineyard in idyllic settings punctuated by frequent little climbs. Of the many on the route four of them are timed, the first of which a 1400 metre ramp, arrives into the village of Zuel.Following this you can if you desire give it ‘full gas’ on the Muro de Ca’ Del Poggio, Via dei Colli and the Salita de Collalto, all within around 30 kilometres of each other. After this, if you haven’t already it’s now time to relax and complete the ride back into Valdobbiadene where seafood and wine will be served half way up the last climb to end a ride that is every bit as wonderful as it sounds.#thepeerlessone

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Happening the day before the Veneto Classic pro bike race, and using much of the same route, the VENEToGo bills itself as more of a social ride than a race. Indeed, the French (staggered) start and lack of overall results mean that there is no reason to ride hard, at least not on the flatter sections. However, the timed uphill sections (3 on the 80 km route, 4 on the 98 km one) offer ample opportunity to &quot;stretch your legs&quot;.Each group leaves the start near Bassano de Grappa escorted by a past great of the sport, with several culinary stops along the way to sample regional food and drink. The event has been conceived by the ex-pro Filippo Pozzato, who is also behind the cluster of pro cycling races happening in the region around the same time, including the Giro del Veneto, the Serenissima Gravel, and the Veneto Classic.What better way to wind down the summer cycling season? #ridethedreamland

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Starting at the Villa Ca’ Cornaro on the outskirts of Bassano, the route heads East towards the Colli Asolani. The longer option continues all the way to the top of the first timed climb at Paderno del Grappa before heading back towards Bassano, skirting the base of the mighty Monte Grappa.Crossing the Brenta river and passing through quaint Marostica, both routes next take on the Veneto’s best impression of a Belgian cobbled climb, the short but steep ‘La Tisa’. Only 300 m long, but averaging more than 15%, the uneven road surface of La Tisa makes it deceptively hard. Returning to flatter terrain for a breather, next on the program after passing back through Marostica is ‘La Rosina’, a classic climb of 2 kilometers at 7.4% that rewards with spectacular views of the area. The last timed section of the day is ‘Diesel Farm’, a vicious uphill climb amid the vineyards that will ensure you feel no guilt sampling the local delicacies that await a short distance after the summit. From here it is a relaxed last few kilometers to the finish back at the Villa Ca’ Cornaro,  where more food and drink await. Bravo e buon appetito!

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Given that “eroica” is Italian for heroic, this is the ideal event for a Cycling Hero. The original Eroica takes place every year on the ‘white’ roads of Tuscany and now other locations around the world, and requires all participants to adhere to strict clothing and bike rules to ensure the look and feel of a bygone cycling era. The Nova Eroica retains the epic on/off-road concept but allows more freedom to ride and wear what you like. The abundant vineyards and steep ‘sterrate’ or gravel roads on offer in the Nova Eroica Prosecco Hills in the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/region/veneto">Veneto</a> region make the event every bit the challenge of the Tuscan original. Gravel bikes are the ideal option given the hybrid road surfaces, but given the routes are over 70% asphalt, they are easily doable with a road bike, as well. The format of the event is as follows: there are several timed uphill segments that you are welcome to ‘race’ that count towards a sector and overall standing. The overall finishing time is not really important, so you can just ‘ride’ the other parts of the route tranquillo. There is a big party at the finish line, with tasty food and a festive environment where you can ‘relax’ and share your experience with others. All in all a wonderful and inclusive day out on the bike.

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There are three options to choose from that all start and end at the beautiful Borgoluce Winery just outside of Susagana. All three options start together and share the same route up to the top of the first challenge, the steep paved climb to Via Collagù, which is also the location of the first replenishment station. After a wonderful descent, the routes pass through Soligo, where the longer options split off and head for Valdobbiadene, while the short version heads directly for Rolle. Upon reaching Valdobbiadene, the medium and long options head up to the highest point of the route near Combai, before taking in the breathtaking views at Rolle. Here the long option bears left and passes Revine Lake and Vittorio Veneto, before looping back and joining the other two routes at the Molinetto della Croda for a last replenishment station before the finish back at Borgoluce. Prosecco time!

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Nova Eroica Prosecco Hills

Topped with its giant memorial to those who died in the Great War, the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/monte-grappa-from-semonzo">Monte Grappa</a> is packed with history and with 10 ridable routes to the summit is now a Mecca for cyclists. The Monte Grappa Bike Day allows you to tackle one of these famous climbs to the top of this amazing mountain all on car-free roads. The non-competitive, free-to-enter event gives you the opportunity to cover 85 kilometres of challenging terrain in an environment dedicated to cyclists. With 28 hairpins and some of the most spectacular views in all of Italy available from the higher slopes, this mountain really is a special place to ride. No registration is needed all you need to do is make your way to Bassano del Grappa after 8 am on the morning of the event and enjoy a day without stress in beautiful surroundings.

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A new route has been conceived for the Monte Grappa Bike Day 2024, in honour of the Giro stage that does the climb twice the day before. Starting from Bassano, the route heads to Semonzo then heads skywards via the Campo Croce. A short descent is followed by several steep steps before joining the larger road that takes you all the way to the Cima Grappa. A rewarding descent back down to Romano d&#39;Ezzelino is followed by a replenishing pasta party, and a slow roll back to the start in Bassano.

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- From Semonzo -Of the ten ascents we focus on the climb from Semonzo which although not as popular as the ‘classic’ route up Strada Cadorna from Romano d’Ezzelino packs far more punch. Kicking off with a barrage of hairpins the road ramps up through the forest twisting back and forth so rapidly it almost makes you dizzy. Set on an 8-9% gradient the first nine kilometres are tough, yet harder slopes lie ahead. Following a brief flat section the gradient then rises above 10% and really bites, but the rewards are worth it as the colossal views out over the plains come into sight. With what looks like the whole of Italy laid out beneath you push on up through the final bends to arrive at the wonderful Rifugio Bassano which is just the perfect place for lunch.

When the Italian front was broken in WW1 the troops retreated to Monte Grappa and although crushed and exhausted, heroically built a defense barrier that prevented the Austro-Hungarian army from reaching the Venetian plains. Nowadays the only battles the mountain sees are those against gravity and although it doesn’t have a long history with the Giro d’Italia it has played host to two summit finishes, firstly in 1968 when Emilio Casalini triumphed and more recently in 2010 when Vincenzo Nibali won. Racing aside, the mountain is also famous for the Brevetto del Monte Grappa, a challenge to any rider who can complete all ten ascents in the space of a year.

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Bassano del Grappa is home to the Nardini distillery which has produced its famous spirit since Bortolo Nardini purchased an inn at the eastern entrance of the wooden covered Bassano bridge in 1779.

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The Nardini Grappa

The Rifugio Bassano a cima Grappa houses a restaurant that can seat 250 and serves traditional Venetian cuisine with amazing panoramic view of the Venetian plain and the Dolomites. Don&#39;t stay in here too long, though, as you will get cold, then you will never leave.

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The Rifugio Bassano

The bronze sculpture by the artist Murer stands as a memorial to the slaughtered anti-fascist partisans who made Monte Grappa their base after the fall of Mussolini in 1943.

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The Murer's Memorial

The Italian army’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III, is an underground fortress with five kilometres of tunnels and machine gun positions and accessable from Via Madonna a Del Covolo.

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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III

The ossuary within the giant white stone war memorial contains the bones of 22,910 Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers, of which only 3000 were ever identified.

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The Ossuary Memorial

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&quot;The Grappa has absolutely everything, between them its ten climbs offer every challenge imaginable&quot;

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Cima Grappa

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The Sellaronda is often described as the perfect bike ride. A loop that combines the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/passo-gardena-from-corvara">Passo Gardena</a>, <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/passo-sella-from-plan-de-gralba">Passo Sella</a>, <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/passo-pordoi-from-pian-schiavaneis">Passo Pordoi</a>, and <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/passo-campolongo-from-corvara">Passo Campolongo</a>, it’s set in the most magical scenery on earth and for only two days a year (there is also a <a href="/special-event/sellaronda-bike-day-fall">Fall Edition</a>), it’s made even more special thanks to the removal of motorized traffic.Participation is free, there’s no need to register and you can choose where and when to start the 51 kilometres of silky smooth tarmac. You can take all day stopping for a long lunch at one of the many restaurants and cafés on route or you could challenge yourself to ride the loop as many times as you can, and every permutation in between. There’s no fixed plan, no time to beat, no pressing agenda at all except to relish the immaculate scenery and absence of motor vehicles as you wind between the towering peaks of the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/region/dolomites">Dolomites</a>.

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You can start or finish where you like along the route, just make sure you go in the counter-clockwise direction (there are signs posted to remind you). If you choose to ride out of Corvara head west to start with the challenging Passo Gardena. 
Next on the program is the Passo Sella which places you in the grandest of arenas as you climb through the Città dei Sassi or &quot;City of Rocks&quot;. Over the other side of the Passo Sella its time to take on the highpoint of the loop, the Passo Pordoi. After an unreal 33 switchback descent from the Pordoi into Arabba, the shorter Passo Campolongo is your final challenge of the day before descending back into Corvara. 
Climbing a total of 1637 metres the Sellaronda is no walk in the park but its far from impossible, it is just, &#39;the perfect bike ride&#39;.

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Sellaronda Bike Day - Spring Edition

The 2022 <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/region/dolomites">Dolomites</a> Bike Day will be held on June 25th and allows cyclists of all abilities to enjoy closed roads on three giant passes set in some of the most wonderful scenery on earth. Crossing the Passo Campolongo, <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/passo-falzarego-from-andraz">Passo Falzarego</a> and Passo Valparola on the same roads used by the Giro d’Italia and the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/event/maratona-dles-dolomites-enel-2024">Maratona dles Dolomites</a> this is an amazing opportunity to ride without traffic, surrounded by other cyclists doing the same thing you love. With no pressure to complete the ride in a fast time, it is a day to simply enjoy life on two wheels and soak up the stunning scenery of the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/region/dolomites">Dolomites</a>. The event is free, there’s no need to sign up just bring your bike and enjoy swinging through hairpin bends, cresting giant passes, and swooping down breathtaking descents all on car-free roads for just one lap or maybe more.

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The route is composed of a 51km loop linking the towns of San Cassiano, La Villa, Corvara and Arabba via three fantastic mountain passes. Riding anticlockwise the first climb on the route is the Passo Campolongo with its series of 13 fantastic switchbacks set in the first two kilometres. After the fast descent through Arabba you continue to lose altitude until you hit the valley floor before embarking on the toughest climb of the route, the Passo Falzarego. Never too steep but quite long at close to 12 kilometres it is a wonderful journey through hairpins and tunnels to the cafés at the summit. To complete the 1370 metres of climbing you must now reach the top of the Passo Valparola which in places is as steep as 15% before rocketing down the exhilarating descent to La Villa and finish on the gradual climb to close the loop back in Corvara.

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Dolomites Bike Day

If you only ever enter one mass participation cycling event then make it this one. Not as hard as other famous Gran Fondos such as the Marmotte in the Alps but the razzmatazz, the buzz that comes with the Maratona is unrivalled. Lining up in the cool shade of the mountains waiting for the sun to rise, surrounded by thousands of others, ahead of you banks of motorbike outriders ready to lead the riders away and helicopters hovering overhead it sends shivers down the spine. The route is a perfect test set in exquisite scenery and the carnival at the start follows you all the way round the course as you wind between the mighty <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/region/dolomites">Dolomites</a> peaks. With eight mountains to cross including the vicious slopes of the <a href="https://cyclinghero.cc/climb/passo-giau-from-selva-di-cadore">Passo Giau</a> and unparalleled end-of-ride hospitality, it’s a day you’ll never forget and one event that you’ll want to return to over and over.#ridetheabsolutebeauty

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One of the great things about the Maratona is that there are 3 options. The first lap is common to all three, so you don&#39;t even need to decide before the start how many climbs are in the cards for you, you can decide out on the road.From La Villa, the route for all options begins with a gentle rise into Corvara where those on a mission rush to get past those travelling at a more leisurely pace. Arriving at the Passo Campolongo the excitement of hitting the first hairpins can go to your head so be careful not to ride too hard as you climb amongst the mass of riders. Once over the top the crowded roads begin to clear and up next is the long climb of the Passo Pordoi which further strings out the gigantic peloton. Continuing anticlockwise round the Sellaronda you cross the Passo Sella and then the Passo Gardena before returning to Corvara. If you only wanted to do the shortest option, you can bow out gracefully here having completed the Sellaronda Route (55 km, 1780 m). If you still have some energy, continue through the finish line and take on the Campolongo for a second time. At the intersection between the Medio and the Granfondo, turn left and take on the Falzarego pass from its South side then rejoin the Granfondo route and follow it to the finish for the Medio Route (106 km, 3130 m). Alternatively, turn right at the intersection and roll towards the Maratona’s jewel in the crown and by far its hardest obstacle, the Passo Giau. Its 10 kilometres of 10% gradient are a real killer then following this is the amalgamation of the Passo Falzarego and Passo Valparola. Whatever juice you still have will be thoroughly squeezed on the short but murderous ramp of the Mür de Giat before the relatively flat final run in to fill up on pasta and beer. Congratulations, you&#39;ve just done the Maratona Route (138 km, 4230 m)!

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