What goes up..
How do you prefer to climb a hairpin bend? The shortest way up, on the steep inside on the pedals? Or do you opt for the outside curve where the asphalt runs parallel to it? More meters but a little time to recover ...
Or do you approach it like a skating race?Take one corner at full power on the inside, the next you switch to the outside and you make some more meters ... Don’t forget to switch lanes!





Must come down..
Descending hairpin bends requires a lot of riding skills, but also caution. Often you have no view of oncoming traffic, and a fanning corner is life-threatening. Except in the Tour of course, on the car-free roads.. But for us there is an exception! Look out for the “The Col de la Loze“, which the Tour peloton will ride in the 17th stage. The last 7 km of this climb is car-free and has brand new asphalt. But please, don't take a spin when you whiz down from 2304 meters!





More logic from Isaac Newton
During a mountain stage in the Tour you sometimes have those moments when you have to rub your eyes .. A rider who brakes uphill in a sharp corner? How is that possible? Hairpin turns are very sharp turns of more than 90 degrees, sometimes up to 180 degrees. When the riders break away here, the G-forces automatically push him or her out. Like a revolving washing machine. So then just slow down the force of the mass, says Newton. Sounds locigal!

Do you know the “Col de Tende”?  
46 beautiful hairpin bends, of which the last 16 unpaved!
One for the bucket list .. Are you counting?
The mountain was first conquered in the Tour de France in 1953.
The first rider on the top was the Frenchman Jean Robic.

The Cima Coppi changes from year to year, depending on the altitude profile of the Giro d'Italia, but the Cima Coppi par excellence is the Stelvio Pass which at 2758m is the highest point ever reached by the Giro.

The Stelvio has been used in the 1972, 1975, 1980, 1994, 2005, 2012, 2014 and 2017 editions. It was also scheduled in 1965, 1988, and 2013, but in each case the course was modified due to weather conditions, with various effects on the Cima Coppi designation.

This year the Stelvio will be back in the Giro!



Our Ode to Fausto Coppi

Every hairpin turn that you want to climb, descend or view as a supporter, depends on the corona virus. So think about your health and protect yourself and your environment!