We have been working with some friends to create some tourism marketing material to promote the Dolomites for trail running and mountain biking. A collaborative video project showing off the region’s offerings is in the works and will be ready to post this coming winter. Our goal with this new image collection is to really [...]
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Tuscany’s L’Eroica Cycling Race
L’Eroica: Chianti’s Vintage Cycling Event Tuscany’s L’Eroica bike race in Italy is a regular occurrence, for races are everywhere, every weekend. But each fall since 1997, Tuscany’s Chianti Region is host to a special kind of race, L’Eroica, a vintage Cycling event. Italian roads are typically silky smooth pavement represented as yellow lines on maps. [...]
Passo Giau, Duran & Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Thanks to our Guest Contributor Alex Newport-Berra for his description of riding the famous Dolomite passes and his cycling adventures. Editor’s note… Alex was connected to us through a mutual friend after he expressed interest in spending time riding in the Dolomites. He arrived with his bike and little else, checked into Alta Badia’s Ustaria [...]
Bench Season
As a cyclist, I have a fifth season; Bench Season. It is spread amongst the autumn and winter months and typically only falls on the warmer days, or, mood and time permitting – any day where I pass a bench with views and solitude. For the last 22 years of my life, I have spent [...]
Maratona dles Dolomites Photos & Story
Being a professional photographer and bike racer, I have been to and competed in many, many events. None more beautiful, special, and well organized than the Maratona dles Dolomites. The fact that 23,000 people apply for entry to the 9000 openings says something. It is a worthy event to take part in. In 2007 I [...]
Maratona dles Dolomites Cycling Week
Undeniably, the Maratona dles Dolomites is one of the greatest cycling events in the world. One day, nearly 10,000 riders, 140 km, 9 passes, 4200 meters of climbing and all amongst one of the world’s most spectacular landscapes, the Italian Dolomites. Leading up to race day is the Maratona dles Dolomites week, which grows each [...]
