Distance: 117.2km Elevation: 1904m Duration: 5h00 Avg. Speed: 23.4km/h Details: gpsies, trainingstagebuch TCX file: TCX file (including elevation alerts)
We organized a little training weekend in Ticino for the Gigathlon with our team (or the ones who could participate and had time). Unfortunately one person fell sick so we went cycling as a party of tree people (Sergio, Martin and me).
The part around Indemini is great but also hard. You’ll have to cycle endless serpentines to arrive on top. The roads are not that cyclingfriendly as in the german part of Switzerland, you’ll realize that especially around San Antonino shortly after Bellinzona. A big mess with the bicycle! We had to look for a way to surround the main road (closed for cyclists) for several minutes and even jump over fences…
As my companions were much better in shape, I was mainly in the slipstream and I had 20min more going up on my own speed. But it was a great trip.