Today we did a beautiful path I did not know, first on the coast to the Shrine of Soviore and then inland, coming to Bardellone right on the ridge that divides the hills from the sea. From here you can admire a spectacular view, on the sea you can see in the distance Levanto and inside all the green and wild hills. After a piece of Bracco and lunch at Mattarana we went to other unknown roads, thanks to her former off-road franchises. Franco knows the area very well and when we arrived at Torpiana we took a road that brought us Suvery, still unhappy , in Rocchetta Vara we took a very steep road that brought us with endless bends, climbed and descended first to Stadomelli and then to Oltre Vara. From there we are tortured to the reality of the highway, then at home.

Absolutely to repeat !!!

bikers: Franco Cozzani and Leandro Bellani

A great turn in France,

After spending the night at Cervo, at Franco’s house, in the morning we met at the nearby highway service station with Gianni and Gianluigi and from there we went to the French border. Thanks to the accurate knowledge of the area by GianLuigi we have made beautiful roads that brought us first to Sospel, then through the Col du Turini in the amazing Gorges du Daluis and on the Col de Rousset. Night at Digne-le-bains and the next day on magnificent roads we arrived in the lush Vercors where we dined and slept at Hotel Jorjane in Choranche. On the third day, we greeted with Gianluigi and Gianni that they were due to come back; Stayed Franco and I, we went back to Grenoble and further to Albertville, continuing to grind to the Grand Route des Alpes or at least a fair bit of it: Col de l’Iseran, Col du Galibier, breathtaking views and distant horizons, climb and downs, bends and short straight, the dream of every biker.

After spending the night at La Terrasse, a small little town on a hill, not far from Briançon, in a hostel in front of the spectacular Galibier glacier, the morning of the last day in Briançon the light sign warned us of the closure of the Col Izoard caused bike racing, so we modified the itinerary and started the gentle return with the Col de Vars and the Col de La Bonnette. We returned to Italy from Nice across the whole of Liguria. Returning home: “Tired but satisfied”

Bikers: Franco Montinaro, GianLuigi DeAndrade, Gianni Valle and Leandro Bellani