Canazei - Fedaia Pass - Rocca Pietore - Caprile - Arabba - Pordoi Pass - Canazei

Race cycling • Val di Fassa

Canazei - Fedaia Pass - Rocca Pietore - Caprile - Arabba - Pordoi Pass - Canazei

Classic itinerary that, with start and finish in Canazei, faces two of the Dolomites passes that are most loved and dreaded by cyclists: Fedaia and Pordoi.

From Canazei, follow the state road 641 (S.S. 641) which, in 13,95 km, leads to Fedaia Pass (average gradient 4,5%), with a breath-taking view on the Marmolada. Descend to the village of Rocca Pietore, where you’ll take the state road 563 (S.S. 563) on the left. In a little more than 10 km you reach the hamlet of Salesei (Livinallongo del Col di Lana), crossing point with the state road 48 (S.S. 48). Turn left towards Arabba. From here, in 9 km, you’ll climb 640 m of elevation gain (average gradient 7,1%) and reach Pordoi Pass. Return downhill to Canazei (average gradient 6,7%, with stretches up to 10% and 27 hairpin turns). At Pordoi Pass, first stop by Fausto Coppi’s memorial, reminding the legendary ventures of this champion. At the inauguration in July 2000 took part the daughter Marina and Coppi’s three gregarious, Ettore Milano, Franco Giacchero and Michele Gismondi. Second stop by Gilberto Simoni’s Wilier Triestina Cento1, embedded since 2011 in a rock-and-steel monument. This is the very same bike the rider from Trentino entered the Arena of Verona with, at the end of his last Giro d’Italia, in 2010.