The Italy tour was a rousing success on every level. Italy is an incredible place - the scenery and food lived up to the hype and touring by bicycle is a great way to see the country. I had no bike issues (including no flats) and the logistics were incredibly smooth. In summary, over two weeks, we rode 12 days (with two rest days), covered 650 miles (the equivalent of New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina ), climbed 20,000 vertical feet (roughly 3.5 miles into the sky) and crossed four official mountain passes (passo x, Passo dei Mandrioli; Passo della Consuma; and Passo della Cisa) and numerous other "hills".
Of the twelve days of riding, three included 5,000+ feet of vertical climbing (Ravenna/Bagno di Romagna, Florence/Bagno di Romagna and La Spezia/Parma). Our longest (and toughest) ride was La Spezia/Parma (nearly 80 miles) and our shortest was Modena/Bologna (roughly 30 milies).
I've plotted our route below on this map of Italy. Since I was unable (perhaps more unwilling) to blog while I was there, I'm going to publish a post a day for the next two weeks as if I was blogging on the trip itself. Almost like a sporting event on time delay. Tune in tomorrow for day 1.
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