An intense day, in the evening a sea of ​​kilometers made.
We met as usual in the Decathlon car park at Santo Stefano Magra and them whe took the motorway to Lucca. After a good coffee we went to Doganaccia, the almost ski resort near the Arcana Cross Passage, but on the way we made a detour to visit an ancient medieval town: Lucchio, perched on the mountain overlooking the valley of Lima Creek border between the province of Lucca and that of Pistoia so bent on the steep rocky wall that is practically unavailable until it is reached below. However, in the end we did not visit it, a bit because we are lazy and somehow it was very hot and we had little time available. We walked out of the state road of Abetone and climbed to Cutigliano and went on to Doganaccia where we had lunch. Immediately after the reopening began the dirt road with which we reached the summit at 1669 m s.l.m. after a short stroll to admire the landscape we started descending on the slope towards Fanano.

bikers: Omar Isoppo, GianLuigi DeAndrade, Gian Ruello, Ubaldo Castellini e 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

As Gian says: three lovers of two wheels always wanting to go, but in no hurry to get because the goal is everywhere.

bikers: GianLuigi DeAndrade, Gian Ruello and Leandro Bellani.