See the pages for France, Italy and Switzerland of the Trento Bike Pages.
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Marco Buffa's Tour Reports

This is the index to several reports about cycling tours covered in one day. Each one crosses one or more Alps (Forealps) passes and requires (surely for me) at least 8-9 hours to be completed (stop for eating, resting,shopping,taking pictures and so on included). Use long summer days to perform these tours always in the light; as these are among the hottest days of the year I suggest you (tritely ?) to get yourself a good deal of water and food (because, ok, we're not riding in the desert but drinking fountains and supermarkets are not everywhere). Here are the tours:

Lombardia-Trentino Tour 30 July 1991 from 7:30 to 21:00
Breno - Edolo - Passo Tonale - Dimaro - Campo Carlo Magno - Lodrone - Riccomassimmo - Bagolino - Passo Croce Domini - Breno Km 213
Central Switzerland Tour 26 August 1992 from 7:20 to 16:30
Goschenen - Andermatt - Furkapass - Gletsch - Grimselpass - Innertkirchen - Sustenpass - Wassen - Goschenen Km 120
Six Passes in the Alps, between Italy and Switzerland Tour 21 July 1994 from 8:00 to 20:20
Pontresina - Zernez - Ofenpass - S. Maria - Umbrailpass - Bormio - Passo Foscagno - Passo Eira - Livigno - Forcola - Bernina - Pontresina Km 180
A Tale of Two Trains, between Switzerland and Italy Tour 6 September 1994 from 6:30 to 20:00
Chiasso-Airolo by train then: Airolo - Nufenenpass - Ulrichen - Briga - Simplonpass - Domodossola Domodossola-Vergiate by train then: Vergiate - Azzate - Vedano Olona Olgiate Comasco - Drezzo - Pedrinate - Chiasso Km 180 (only cycling)
Mont Blanc Tour 9 & 12 August 1994
- 9 August 1994 from 8:30 to 17:50
  La Salle-Chamonix by car via Tunnel then: Chamonix - Col des Montets - Col de la Forclaz - Martigny - Col du Grand St. Bernard - Aosta - La Salle Km 153
- 12 August 1994 from 7:30 to 20:00
  La Salle - Col du Petit St. Bernard - Bourg St. Maurice - Albertville - Beaufort - Col de Saises - Megeve - Chamonix Chamonix-La Salle by car via Tunnel Km 207
Susa-Susa Tour 24 August 1995 from 6:40 to 18:40
Susa - Montgeneve - Briancon - Col du Lautaret - Col du Galibier - Col du Telegraph - St Michel de Maurienne - Lanslebourg - Mont Cenis - Susa Km 205
Graubunden Tour 9 October 1995 from 7:45 to 17:40
Thusis - Tiefencastel - Albulapass - La Punt - Zernez - Fluelapass - Davos - Klosters - Landquart - Chur - Thusis Km 190
Madonna del Ghisallo (754 mt.) - Cycling Museum in Magreglio (CO)
Passo S. Jorio (2014 mt.) - A MTB Way from Italy to Switzerland
St. Leonard - Passo Rombo (Timmelsjoch) - Obergurgl back and forward
26 July 1996 from 09:00 to 15:30 - Km 90
A Tribute to the Alpine Passes of Switzerland
Four More Tours in the Italian Dolomites
"[I crossed] for the first time in my life some of the famous Dolomiti passes: in the end [...] I went to 13 different passes. [...]"
"[F]rom Canazei the route is steep at once. (I didn't expect so much: I think I've been deceived by images of 1996 Giro when Zaina climbed up very easily.)"
From Brig to Brig using the Lotschberg tunnel, August 8th 1998
"A long and wide bend on the left takes you into the last 10 kms. quite demanding both beacuse you already are on the climb from 17 km. and because during last 10 Km the average slope is > 7% and there are two flat stretches... After an harpin on the right you meet a tunnel (slope > 11%) that bicycles avoid on the right with a nice route (100 mt. are on pave') coasting some gorge that free climbers use for their training. You see the dam of first lake and you know you'll have to go up there: a set of bends help you on gaining altitude and finally you coast the lake at your right with its peculiar colour. Use the stretch along the lake to rest and don't be deceived by the the fact that you clearly see the [Grimsel]pass not so far."

Marco Buffa, mr_bu@it.ibm.com