1q2w3e Posted August 8, 2007 Share Fancy riding this? The Stelvio Pass is one of the highest Alpine Passes of Europe with its 2758 m. There are 48 hairpin turns on the northern side of the pass. The original road was built in 1820-1825 by the Austrian Empire to connect the former Austrian province of Lombardia with the rest of Austria, covering a climb of 1871 m. Since then, the route has changed very little. The 60 hairpin bends, 48 of them on the northern side numbered with stones, are a challenge to motorists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted August 8, 2007 Share Fancy riding this? Up or Down? Up would be an interesting hillclimb i reckon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1q2w3e Posted August 8, 2007 Share Probably an hour of pain up, and 5 mins of bliss down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 8, 2007 Share Probably an hour of pain up' date=' and 5 mins of bliss down! [/quote'] 1 HR UP ???? Spoke to someone who did it the other day and thats not quite how he described it..... Even going down is hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 8, 2007 Share If you tilt your head slightly to the right it does not look to difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted August 8, 2007 Share looks photoshoped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted August 8, 2007 Share dont think its photoshopped... searched google and found a few images that look similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snah2 Posted August 8, 2007 Share I like the alternative mtb route on the left...(looks like the old pass) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted August 8, 2007 Share Yeah, I know, I said it looked Photoshopped, not it is photoshopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie Posted August 9, 2007 Share Oooooh yeah!!! i'm in!! Let's do it up for a bit of training and strength and down for the thrill and adrenalin rush! whoopeeee! man - love things like this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted August 9, 2007 Share how long is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 10, 2007 Share how long is it? Loooong enough.... Courtesy of cyclingnews.com ......Passo Stelvio and it's terrible 48 hairpin turns over 25km..... Check the Giro d Italia stage 14 May 22, 2005 stage description for the actual profile. http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/graphics/profile14.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianni Posted August 10, 2007 Share it's a classic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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