GIRO DELLE DOLOMITI
OUR HISTORY
GIRO DELLE DOLOMITI
Founded more than 45 years ago, the Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Giro delle Dolomiti, a non-profit association, has hosted every single year this unique weeklong cycling experience. Tens of thousands of people have over those years joined our Giro delle Dolomiti and enjoyed fantastic rides through the timeless mountains of the Dolomites.
Ph.Credits: Archivio GdD, Sportograf, Seiser-Alm-Marketing_Werner-Dejori
STAGE 1: RITTEN – RENON
Date: Monday, July 22nd
Stage: 75 km | 1.748 m
Start: h. 9.00 Bolzano Fair
Locations: Bolzano–Rencio-Collalbo-Longostagno-Barbiano-Ponte Gardena-Telfen/Lanzin-Siusi- Fié Prato Isarco-Bolzano
Crono Ponte Gardena – Castelrotto 7 km | 603 m
Feed zone 1 after 20,50 km in Collalbo/Klobenstein
Feed zone 2 after 46,50 km in Castelrotto / Kastelruth
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
The first stage of Giro delle Dolomiti departs from Bolzano, from BolzanoFair, located in Bolzano South. Continuing to the district “Rencio”, where the road winds its way through vineyards and mixed forests of the Renon Plateau. This the favorite vacation spot of the people of Bolzano, which offers beautiful views of Alpe di Siusi, Sciliar and Sassolungo. Once reached the highest point in Collalbo, the route continues halfway up the mountainside to Barbian, then descends to Ponte Gardena. Here, it joins the provincial road to Castelrotto, the first timed section, which will declare the first winners of this new edition. After a well-deserved break (feeding – point) at the finish line in Castelrotto, the route descends, in the shadow of the Sciliar massif, through the villages of Siusi and Fié till Prato Isarco, from where will be reached BolzanoFiar again.
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Ph.Credit: Giro delle Dolomiti/Ravanelli
STAGE 2: SELLARONDA
Date: Tuesday July, 23rd
Stage: 107 km | 3.100 m
Start: h. 9.00 in Ponte Gardena (How can I reach that point? read in FAQ)
Finish: Ponte Gardena
Locations: Ponte Gardena-Novale-Ortisei-Selva Val Gardena.-Passo Gardena-Corvara-Passo Campologo-Arabba-Passo Pordoi-Pian de Schiavaneis-Passo Sella–Selva V.G.-Ortisei-Pontives-Ponte Gardena
Crono Arabba – Passo Pordoi | 8 km • 540 m
Feed zone 1 after 44,20 km in Corvara
Feed zone 2 after 63,40 km on Passo Pordoi
Lunch in Selva Gardena / Wolkenstein Gröden
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
The stage ‘Sellaronda’ will start from Ponte Gardena (Km 0), the entrance of Val Gardena. This shifting of the starting-point guarantees more fun and safety on the road for the participants on the way out of Bolzano. After a short climb, on the way of “strada statale Val Gardena”, it will lead to Ortisei, then to S. Cristina and finally to Selva V.G., where begins the climb to Passo Gardena and Passo Sella. After reaching the junction, after Plan de Gralba, the road will keep on to Passo Gardena. After an initial uphill section, the route becomes almost flat. Coasting the Sella massif, we climb the hairpin bends that lead to Passo Gardena. From here follows a fabulous descent, surrounded by the imposing rock faces of the Dolomites, till Corvara where refreshments are provided. Quickly over the Passo Campolongo, we arrive in Arabba, the start of the timed section up to Passo Pordoi. After a short break with a visit to the Coppi monument, we continue uphill to Passo Sella and then a long descent to Selva V.G. for lunch. Having left Val Gardena, reaching Pontives and downhill to Ponte Gardena, where the stage ends.
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Ph. Credit: Ph. Credit: TV-Toblach_Manuel-Kottersteger, www.veneto.info
STAGE 3: TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO
Date: Wednesday July, 24th
Stage: 80 km | 1.716 m
Start: h. 10.00 in Dobbiaco in Nordic Arena > google map (bus transfer from Bolzano at 7.30 to Dobbiaco)
Finish: in Dobbiaco
Locations: Dobbiaco-Lago di Landro-Cimabanche-Cortina d’Ampezzo-Passo Tre Croci-Misurina-Lago d’Antorno–Rifugio Auronzo-Carbonin-Lago di Dobbiaco-Dobbiaco
Crono Lago d‘Antorno – Rifugio Auronzo 5,5 km | 460 m
Feed zone 1 after 46,40 km in Misurina lake
Lunch in Dobbiaco / Toblach
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
Transfer by bus from Bolzano to Dobbiaco, where the stage starts (Km 0). From Dobbiaco we continue into the Valle di Landro, surrounded by the majestic and fascinating Dolomite rock faces rising to the sky. You reach Cimabanche, the border between the provinces of Bolzano and Belluno, passing by Cortina d’Ampezzo, the fashionable winter sports city and site of numerous international Alpine skiing competitions. Continue uphill to Passo Tre Croci, reaching Misurina and its lake, taking the road to Rifugio Auronzo. From Lake Antorno, the next 5.5 kilometres and 431 metres of climbing take the group to the Auronzo Refuge, timing their performance. Once at the refuge, they will enjoy the breathtaking Dolomite panorama that the location offers. The ascent of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, with the finish line at the rifugio Auronzo, has been a memorable epilogue for a large number of Giro d’Italia stages thanks to the grandeur̀ of the scenery offered. A long descent follows. At Carbonin you return to the Landro Valley and after only 13 kilometers you are back in Dobbiaco for the end of the stage. The wayback to Bolzano is by train like in the previous one.
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Ph.Credit: Archivio GdD/ Helmut-Moling_Brixen-Tourismus
STAGE 4: WÜRZJOCH-PASSO ERBE
Date: Thursday July, 25th
Stage: 137 km | 2.000 m
Start: h. 8.00 in Bolzano Fair
Finish: Bolzano Fair
Locations: Bolzano-Cardano-Campodazzo-Chiusa-San Pietro-Coll-Rodella- Passo Erbe-Luson-Bressanone-Chiusa-Prato Isarco-Bolzano
Crono San Pietro Funes – Rodella 7,5 km | 540 m
Feed zone 1 after 44,50 km a Pizzago/Pizach
Feed zone 2 after 53,66 km dopo ponte Rio Rusis
Lunch in Bressanone / Brixen
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
The fourth stage of this edition leads to the Passo Erbe in the Puez-Odle Nature Park. From Bolzano you cycle through the Eisack Valley to Klausen, where you enter the Funes Valley. After 10 km you turn into San Pietro in the direction of Passo Rodella. The section San Pietro – Passo Rondella will be timed. The view of the Odle group, which presents itself in all its facets, offers a magnificent distraction to admire during the ascent and the physical effort. Having reached the destination, the route continues with up-and-downs between wide meadows and pine and stone pine forests, always with a view of the Sas de Putia (2875 m). Leaving in your back the Lasanca stream, we reach the Passo Erbe (1998 m). The return route continues through the Luson valley to Brixen, where the group will stop for lunch in Piazza Duomo. From Brixen we return to Bolzano via the Eisack Valley till to the BolzanoFair for the end of the stage.
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Ph.Credits: TVB Steinegg/ Alfred-Tschager, IDM Südtirol , Archiv GdD
STAGE 5: STEINEGG – CAREZZA
Date: Friday, July, 26th
Stage: 85 km | 1.924 m
Start: 8.00 a.m. in Bolzano Fair
Locations: Bolzano- Prato Isarco-Collepietra-S. Valentino-Nova Levante-Carezza-Passo Nigra-Presule-Prato Isarco-Bolzano
Crono Prato Isarco – Collepietra |5,1 km |500 m
Feed zone 1 after 17,30 km a Collepietra/Steinegg
Feed zone 2 after 40 km a Carezza
Lunch in FieraBolzano
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
The last stage includes a group-start from Bolzano to Prato Isarco, where the time trial will begin. With a series of hairpin bends, the road climbs a height difference of 500 metres to the village of Collepietra, the finish of the timed section. On the road to S. Valentino di Sopra, there is a wonderful view up on Bolzano basin and on the Sciliar and Catinaccio groups. From S. Valentino di Sopra you descend to S. Valentino, where you turn onto the provincial road to Nova Levante. Once on the Dolomite Road, you continue, passing alongside Lake Carezza to Passo Nigra. The 3 km and 70 metres of altitude difference up to the Pass do not present any particular difficulties, after which you can enjoy a splendid descent to Tires. The fun continues downhill to Prato Isarco and then to Bolzano Fair for the final finish, lunch and the winners’ awards ceremony.
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Ph.Credits: APT Val di Fiemme e Pampeago
VAL DI FIEMME – PAMPEAGO
24 July – 1.956 m | 87,4 km
Start: h. 9.00
Crono Tesero – Pampeago | 6,5 km • 687 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
Departing from Bolzano in the direction of San Giacomo and Laives, we travel along roads with little traffic as far as Ora, where the road climbs with several hairpin bends along a steep porphyry wall and then opens out onto a natural terrace. With a slight gradient we reach the Lugano Pass (border between South Tyrol and Trentino) and then descend to Cavalese, the main village of the Val di Fiemme Valley, and to Tesero. Here is the start of the timed section with finish at Alpe di Pampeago, identical to the last section of the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2003, won by compatriot Gilberto Simoni. After a short break, the group descends at the feet of the Latemar mountains to Ponte Nova, where the route continues through the Val d’Ega valley. After arriving in Cardano, the last kilometres are covered in a relaxed manner until the arrival in the Fiera of Bolzano, where cyclists can expect a well-deserved lunch.
Ph.Credit: Giro delle Dolomiti/Ravanelli
SELLARONDA powered by Q36,5
25 July – 3.350 m | 160 km
Start: h. 9.00
Crono Selva Val Gardena – Passo Sella | 8,60 km • 628 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
A spectacular stage around the Sella group that any cyclist should have done at least once in his or her life. The fatigue of the ascent to the four passes is compensated by the fun descents while the eyes admire the green pastures and the majesty of the shimmering mountains that surround us. Once the group has reached Selva Gardena, where the timed section to the Sella Pass begins, everyone must find the right cadence in order not only to conquer the Sella, but also to have the strength for the other three passes, namely the Pordoi Pass, the Campolongo Pass and the Gardena Pass, which after the summit finish gives way to an almost interminable descent to Bolzano.
Ph. Credit: TVB Vinschgau / APT Val Venosta
PASSO STELVIO
26 July – 1.885 m | 57,3 km
Start: h. 9.00 (7.00 from Bolzano)
Crono Prato allo Stelvio – Passo Stelvio | 23,3 km • 1.806 hm
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
Bus transfer from Bolzano to Prato dello Stelvio where a rich refreshment awaits us before starting the legendary climb up the Stelvio Pass. As soon as we leave the village we are on the starting line of the timed section. With still pedalable gradients we reach the villages of Gomagoi and Trafoi. Here we begin the 48 U-turns on the South Tyrolean side. It is surely one of the most impressive roads in the world! Not for nothing is it called “the Queen of Alpine roads.” The road was built between 1820 and 1928 as an alternative route between Tyrol and Lombardy region, then Austro-Hungarian territory. At the top we descend toward Bormio and after a few km we turn left to take us over the Umbrail Pass (Giogo di S. Maria), on the border between Italy and Switzerland. On Swiss territory we descend to S.Maria Münstair where we enter the Monastero Valley that takes us back to Italy. As soon as the fortified city walls of Glorenza/Glurns become visible, we are also almost at our destination. We enter the town through the big gate and cross it along the main street. At the end we reach the festival square, where lunch is served in the shade of the fortified city walls. Outside the walls the buses are waiting for the return to Bolzano.
Credit: APT ValdiFassa, GDD
PASSO FEDAIA powered by SPORTLER
27 July – 2.812 m | 147 km
Start: h. 8.30
Crono Penia – Lago di Fedaia | 7,2 km • 499 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
This stage takes us to the foot of the highest mountain in the Dolomites, Marmolada, 3,343 m.a.s.l. covered with the only glacier ice in the Dolomites. After tackling the long ascent that leads from Bolzano to the Carezza Pass, we descend into the Fassa Valley, which we ride to Canazei to join the SS 641 that takes us over the Fedaia Pass. In Penia is the starting line for the timed section, a stretch that is not particularly long but no less challenging than the previous ones, ending on the dam of Lake Fedaia, at the foot of the Marmolada. The return follows the way of the outward journey to the Costalunga Pass where we head on a false flat to the Nigra Pass and then quickly descend to Tires and continue on to Prato Isarco where we find ourselves back on the SS 12 leading to Bolzano.
Ph.Credits: Michael Guggenberg / TVB Jenesien, Mölten
S. GENESIO – AVELENGO powered by MARLENE
28 July – 1.347 m | 80,9 km
Start: 8.00 a.m.
Crono Bolzano – S. Genesio | 10,8 km • 922 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
This stage leads up the Tschöggelberg, as the extensive plateau between Jenesien (San Genesio) and Hafling (Avelengo) is called. It starts right away with the timed stretch from Bolzano to Jenesien, on which 950 metres of altitude difference have to be overcome over a length of 11 km. Once you have reached the finish line in Jenesien, the route continues in the shade of the larches, undulating, past paddocks with Haflinger horses and extensive pastures, to Mölten. We leave the small village on the left to tackle the 7 km to Vöran, where the next refreshment station is waiting. After a total of 43 km, we arrive in Hafling, from where we have to descend about 1000 metres in a rapid ride down into the Etschtal valley. From Merano we roll quickly through the Adige Valley towards our destination in Bolzano.
RITTEN – RENON
24 July – 1.345 m | 78 km | h. 9.00
Crono Rencio – Weber im Moos | 11,6 km • 791 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
Just a stone’s throw from Bolzano, the road winds through the vineyards up to the plateau of Ritten from where you can admire the Dolomites and the city of Bolzano from above. Once reached the highest point in Collalbo, the tour continues halfway up the mountain between the villages of Barbiano and Villandro. Here begins the descent to Chiusa, where the tour continues through the Isarco Valley before going back to Bolzano for lunch.
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VINSCHGAU – VENOSTA
25 July – 1.634 m | 172,9 km | h. 7.00
Crono Sluderno – Crossroads Maso Albergad | 9,8 km • 622 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
Second challenge – ride of Giro delle Dolomiti 2022 with its 172 km and almost 2000 meters of climbing. You reach Merano, the famous spa town in South Tyrol, and climb up to Tel, where the Vinschgau Valley begins. You ride 50 km through this U-shaped valley, admiring numerous villages, churches and castles. In the distance you can see the glaciers of the Ortler group glistening. In the Marble Village of Lasa, there will be a refreshment point before keeping on to “Alta Via della Val Venosta”. Far away you can see the cultivated fields of the valley floor and catch a glimpse of the white marble quarries. Once in Tanas, we go on and stop in Silandro for a well-deserved lunch before concluding our pleasant journey to Bolzano deviating around the Merano basin.
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WÜRZJOCH – PASSO ERBE
26 July – 2.207 m | 175 km | h. 7.00
Crono Petschied/Prada – Passo Erbe | 10,7 km • 867 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
The queen stage of this edition takes us into the Puez-Odle Natural Park up to the Passo delle Erbe at an altitude of 1,998 meters a.s.l. It is the passage from the valley of Luson to Val Badia, wonderfully set among gentle alpine meadows and extensive forests, at the foot of Sass de Putia (2,875 m). A challenge-ride of 100 km and 2000 meters of climbing to overcome. Towards Val Badia to Casteldarne and then Vandoies di Sopra, where a lunch will be served. The tour continues through the Val Pusteria Valley, leading to Bressanone, Valle Isarco, ending in Bolzano.
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DURNHOLZ – VALDURNA
28 July – 1.583 m | 75 km | h. 9.00
Crono SP 137 (Maso Ropele) – Parcheggio Lago Valdurna | 10,4 km • 514 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
This stage leads into the Valdurna valley, an out-of-the-beaten track road leading to Sarentino Valley which ends at the idyllic Lake Valdurna at an altitude of 1,554 meters a.s.l. in the middle of the Sarentine Alps. From Bolzano you ride through the narrow gorges of the Sarentino Valley reaching the destination after about 10 km. We return to Bolzano on the same route as we came, but much faster for lunch at Fiera Messe Bolzano/Bozen.
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MONTE BONDONE
29 July – 2.928 m | 114,8 km | h. 8.00
Crono SP 85 del Bondone – parcheggio di valle impianto a fune Rocce Rosse | 21 km • 1.199 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
This stage starts in the city of Trento. Heading south to Aldeno you enter the Valle di Cei, till the omonimous Lake. Slightly less steep the race continues over the Bordala pass to Ronzo-Chienis. During the descent towards Arco you have a splendid view over the northern shore of Lake Garda. You will ride next to Cavedine Lake and cross Toblino Lake before reaching the lovely village of Madruzzo and climbing up to Monte Bondone. After 93 km and 2900 m of climbing, you ride back to Trento for lunch.
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TEAM CRONO TRENTO
30 July – 84 m | 25,7 km | h. 9.30
Crono Romagnano | 7,9 km • 8 m
SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION
Start and finish point in the city center of Trento. Single and teams of 4-5 members will ride through a part of the stage of the UEC Road European Championship of Trento2021. Two all around for a total amount of 7,9 km before going back to the citycenter of Trento for lunch and the final award.
