Alps Extreme (4A1505)

review It has been a hilarious tour! Great riders, outstanding personalities, stunning team! Together we went through one of the best riding areas in the world - the Tyrol of 1918!!! Couldn't be better. We've had one of the best times in the Alps - hoping it was the first time and not the last.... THANK YOU!!! Congratulation to everyone! - you conquered one of the most technical roads in the world!!! And don't forget: Always with the rubber side down!     riding day six - Toblach to Innsbruck Bittersweet symphony: Last riding day and (too) bad weather on Großglockner. So we made the best of it and had a fantastic ride back to Austria. Staller Sattel, Felbertauern and Gerlos made us swing the hips... Great final ride riding day five - Levio Terme to Toblach Although the weather forecast said liquid sunshine everbody was in a good mood. Dolomite's day! Passo del Manghen, Passo Rolle, Passo di Cereda, Forcella Aurine, Passo Duran, Forcella Staulanza, Passo di Giau, Passo Tre Croci, Col Sant'Angelo... Countless turns and twists, endless fun. And right at the end: an awesome Panorama Hotel in Toblach. The rain-gears kept the clouds away - another day in paradise... riding day four - "rest"day No packing the bike. No daily briefing. Just riding. Some of us spent their rest day with following a 8-shaped riding-loop from and to Levico Terme. Coffee stop @ Lago di Garda, Lunch @ Lago di Idro, riding fast and low @ Lago di Ledro. That's the way a rest day has to be... riding day three - Monto Penegal to Levico Terme In the morning we went down to Passo della Mendola, a nice twisty road led us down to Bolzana. We went through a 430°-turning-tunnel heading towards north. Just touching Merano we rode up Passo delle Palade. Lunch stop at Lago di Molveno, awesome ride up to Monte Bondone and the world's second best  Apfelstrudel... What a day!!! riding day two - Fiss to Penegal What a day! Everything went well, we had great weather to bolster our spirits as we charged into Italy. Great riding and THE challange - Passo dello Stelvio - were waiting for us... riding day one - Innsbruck to Fiss Murphy strikes!!! The first riding day seemed to be not the best. Closed roads because of a bicycle race, several breakdowns, a couple of U-turns... It just can get better!!! Beside that it was a wonderful day with awesome sceneries and delicious riding. USA rocks the Alps 18 brave riders - all from USA!!! - showed up in Innsbruck to conquer the Austrian and Italian Alps. Guided by Tony and Manu (AUT) six days and 1.800km of technical riding are waiting for us... Alps, we're coming... :-)