Monte Velo
[ posted by iain Monday, May 23, 2005 ]

Back to my own little 'Giro del Trentino' today after a weekend of limited riding. Today was a loop round from Rovereto down to near Arco at Lake Garda and back over via
Monte Velo. This has been a Giro climb and is one of the tougest and most consistent in the area. It's a 12 kilometre climb with over 1000 metres of height gain. There were a few other roadies on the hill and lot of mountain bikers. Who knows why they chose this route, there are some fanastic off-road trails in this area including one up this climb. My climbing is definitely improving and the break at the weekend seems to have done the trick, I felt much better than the last time I did this climb and got over in under the hour.
I've published some more photos from the
Stelvio and Ortisei.