Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

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frank9755 in reply to @bananaskid

I've just had a look at that option for 2 to 3:
Through the alps 500km with 50,000ft of climbing
Cut into Italy with 700km with 48,000fit of climbing

Doesn't seem worth it really.

When you put it like that it doesn't.
The rough route that I sketched out went via Chur and Morano, which was 8630m of climbing in 386km but people were on about using the SS38, which would mean dropping down to Bellinzona and maybe even Lugano, which would allow you to go alongside lakes for a fair way and then up a valley. It doesn't look massively longer and has to have less climbing, but RWGPS played up when I tried to plot it and so not got the figures on it yet.

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andyp in reply to @frank9755

To get to Bellinzona, you'd have to go over the St Gotthard pass. Then presumably you'd go south to Lugano, a small climb here, around Lake Como, then up the Valtellina to Sondrio, up to Aprica, then over the Tonale to Bolzano?

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frank9755 in reply to @andyp

Yes, that sort of thing.
Do you know if you can ride on the SS340 on the North shore of Lake Lugano?
Strava heatmap reckons yet but RWGPS won't route it.

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