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Europe on two wheels: Statistics

Numbers and Facts

Facts of life
# Days
# Cycling days
Distance on bicycle
Distance / Days
Distance / Cycling Days
Longest distance on a day
Highest altitude
Highest altitude difference on a climb
Highest total altitude difference on a day
Numbers and Statistics
63
56
6.730 km
106 km/d
120 km/d
205 km
2.757 m (Stelvio)
1.848 m (Stelvio)
5.000 m (Marmotte)

Highlights of the Journey

Region
Romantische Straße
Stelvio / Gávia
Crete Senesi
Monti Sibillini
Amalfi Coast
Mainland Sicily
Mainland Sardinia
Callanches of Corsica
Alpes Maritimes
French Alps
Chartreuse
Loue Valley
Alsace
Highlights
Beautiful villages and splendid baroque churches against the backdrop of the Alps
Highly alpine landscapes, ultra long ascents & cyclism legends: here you've got it all
Classic dry Tuscany landscapes with cypresses and lonely houses on a hilltop
The South American Altiplano landscape in Europe: huge plain and barren mountain ridges
Where the mountains meet the sky and the sea at once. A string of nice villages cling to the mountains
Behind the huge dome of the Etna lies an eerie landscape with magnificent villages spread across the hills
It may be deserted, it may look a little amorphous, but the atmosphere is really special
Once in your life you must see the sun go down over the rocks, the sea and the sky
See the landscape change with every turn of the road. Every village has its own charm
Ever seen the Tour de france? Here you have all those famous climbs
Mountainous but not so high. But the limestone cliffs impress nonetheless. Just to nice to pass by
The lovely Loue valley from Ornans to Mouthier-Hautepierre has some of the most beautiful villages of France
Vineyards and German-style villages and a lot of flowers

Day to Day

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Route
Bunnik - Amerongen - Rhenen - Doorwerth - Nijmegen - Berg en Dal - Groesbeek

Groesbeek - Arcen - Venlo - Roermond - Geleen - Schinnen - Valkenburg - Schin op Geul - Gulpen

Gulpen - Epen - Gemmenich (Belgium) - Kelmis - Lammersdorf (Germany) - Kesternich - Heimbach

Heimbach - Hergarten - Kallmuth - Pesch - Schönau - Adenau - Nürburgring

Nürburgring - Kaisersesch - Pommern - Treis - Beltheim - Oberwesel

Oberwesel - Bacharach - Bingen - Wörrstadt - Worms - Lampertheim - Mannheim - Schriesheim

Schriesheim - Heidelberg - Neckarsteinach - Mosbach - Möckmühl - Jagsthausen - Künzelsau

Rest day

Rest day

Künzelsau - Vellberg - Kammerstatt - Abstgmünd - Aalen - Neeresheim - Demmingen - Mörslach

Mörslach - Dillingen - Oberschönenfeld - Reinhartshausen - Reinhartshofen

Reinhartshofen - Landsberg am Lech - Schongau - Wieskirche - Neuschwanstein - Füssen - Reutte (Austria)

Reutte - Stanzach - Hahntenjoch (1894 m) - Imst - Landeck

Landeck - Prutz - Pfunders - Nauders - Reschen (Italy) - Graun

Graun - Mals in Vischgau - Glurns - Prato - Stilfserjoch / Stelvio (2757 m)

Stelvio - Börmio - Passo di Gávia (2.621 m)- Ponte di Legno - Ossana

Ossana - Dimaro - Madonna di Campiglio - Pinzolo - Storo - Pieve di Ledro

Rest day

Pieve di Ledro - Riva del Garda - Rovereto - Schio - Bassano di Grappa

Bassano di Grappa - Castelfranco - Mirano - Fussina / Venice

Fussina - Mira - Stra- Padua - Arqua Petrarca - Monsélice - Ferrara

Ferrara - Mezzolana - San Lazzaro - Zena - Loiana - Monte di Fo

Monte di Fo - Firenze - Impruneta - Grave in Chianti - Castellina in Chianti - Siena

Siena - Montenori - Asciano - Pienza - Montepulciano - Tuoro sul Trasimeno

Tuoro sul Trasimeno - Magione - Torgiano - Bevagna - Montefalco - Spoleto

Spoleto - Valnerina - Cerreto di Spoleto - Preci - Nórcia - Castellucio

Castellucio - Arquata del Tronto - Amatrice - Campotosto - Antrodoco - Rieti

Rieti - Fiumata - Pace - Leofreni - Pietrasecca - Tagliacozzo - Capistrello - Canistro - Sora

Sora - Broccostella - Casalvieri - Roccasecca - Aquino - Sessa Aurunca - Carinola - Qualiano - Pozzuoli

Pozzuoli - Napoli - Capri - Sorrento

Sorrento - Positano - Amalfi - Ravello - Salerno - Paestum

Paestum - Salerno - Ferry to Sicily

Messina - Taormina - Naxos - Francavilla di Sicilia - Castiglione di Sicilia - Milo - Zaffarena Etnea

Zaffarena Etnea - Etna - Ragalna - Adrano - Regalbuto - Agira

Agira - Nicosia - Gangi - Geraci - Castelbuono - Cefalù

Cefalù - Termini Immerese - Porticello - Palermo - Ferry to Sardinia

Cágliari - Sestu - Ussana - Senorbi - San Basilio - Pranu Muteddu - Escala Plano - Orroli - Nurri

Nurri - sadali - Seulo - Aritzo - Dèsulo - Fonni - Mamoiada - Nuoro

Nuoro - Galtelli - Irgoli - Posada - San Teodoro

San Teodoro - Olbia - Porto Cervo - Palau - Santa Teresa - Ferry to Corsica - Bonifacio (France)

Bonifacio - Sartène - Levie - Zonza - Serra di Scopamène

Serra di Scopamène - Aullène - Zicavo - Ghisoni - Venaco - Corte

Corte - Castirla - Calacuccia - Col de Vergio (1477 m) - Evisa - Porto - Piana

Piana - Porto - Le Fango - Argentella - Calvi

Rest day

Calvi - Ferry to Mainland France - Nice - Vence

Vence - Col de Vence (963 m) - Coursegoules - Roquestéron - Entrevaux - Annot

Annot - Colmar - Allos - Col d'Allos (2247 m) - Barcelonnette

Barcelonette - Jausiers - Vars - Guillestre - Briançon - La Grave - Bourg d'Oisans

Bourg d'Oisans - La Bérarde - Bourg d'Oisans

Bourg d'Oisans - St Jean de Maurienne - Valloire - La Grave - Alpe d'Huez - Bourg d'Oisans

Rest day

Bourg d'Oisans - Vizille - Grenoble - Col de Porte (1326 m) - St Pierre de Chartreuse

St Pierre de Chartreuse - St Pierre d'Entremont - Chambéry - Aix les Bains - Seyssel - Chézéry Forens

Chézéry Forens - Mijoux - La Cure - Les Rousses - Chapelle des Bois - Doucier - Lac de Chalain

Lac de Chalain - Arbois - Dôle - Quingey - Ornans

Ornans - Lods - Pierre Fontaine les Varans - Belvoir - L 'Isle sur le Doubs

L'Isle sur le Doubs - Lure - Le Thillot - Le Ménil - Kruth - Markstein (1190 m) - Munster

Munster - Turckheim - Kaysersberg - Riquewihr - Ribeauvillé - Obernai - Nideck - Wasselonne

Wasselonne - Saverne - La Petite Pierre - Sarre Union - Albestroff - St Avold

St Avold - Bouzonville - Sierck les Bains - Schengen (Luxembourg) - Echternach - Vianden

Vianden - Clervaux - Ourthe (Belgium) - Vielsalm - Trois Ponts - Spa - Verviers - Gulpen (Holland) - Stokhem

Stokhhem - Valkenburg - Roosteren - Thorn - Eindhoven - Vught - Den Bosch - Zaltbommel - Culemborg - Houten - Bunnik

Km
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166

84

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136

141

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140

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59

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120

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149

139

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156

168

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112

37

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93

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111

139

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111

115

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145

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210

The most important passes

Day
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13
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34
42
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62
Pass
Keutenberg
Hahntenjoch
Norbertshöhe
Stelvio
Gávia
Tonale
Campo Carlo Magno
Pian delle Fugazze
Etna (Rifigio Sapienza)
Col de Verde
Col de Sorba
Col de Vergio
Col de Vence
Col d'Allos
Col de Vars
Col du Lautaret
Col du Glandon / Croix de Fer
Col du Télégraphe
Col du Galibier
Alpe d'Huez
Col de Porte
Markstein
Côte de la Vecquee
Start
Schin op Geul
Elmen
Martina
Prato
Bormio
Ponte di Legno
Dimaro
Rovereto
Zafferena
Cozzano
Ghisoni
Castirla
Cagnes sur Mer
Colmar
Les Gleizolles
Briancon
Barrage du Verney
St Michel de Maurienne
Valloire
Bourg d'Oisans
Grenoble
Odéren
Stoumont
Distance
1,7 km
15 km
5,9 km
24,3 km
25,6 km
10,9 km
15,2 km
25,8 km
18 km
17,7 km
10,1 km
39,4 km
19,3 km
23,6 km
14,1 km
27,7 km
27,5 km
11,8 km
18,1 km
13,2 km
17,7 km
20,5 km
6,2 km
Altitude Start - Pass
71 -167 m
976 - 1884 m
1030 - 1405 m
950 - 2758 m
1404 - 2621 m
1238 - 1884 m
764 - 1681 m
200 - 1162 m
616 - 1921 m
727 - 1289 m
670 - 1311 m
345 - 1.478 m
5 - 963 m
1235 - 2240 m
1310 - 2108 m
1204 - 2057 m
772 - 2064 m
710 - 1566 m
1401 - 2646 m
744 - 1815 m
210 - 1326 m
462 - 1200 m
187 - 517 m
Steepest km
17 %
10,9 %
8,6 %
9,5 %
11 %
8,4 %
8,4 %
10,2 %
10,3 %
4,7 %
6,9 %
4,4 %
6,7 %
7,5 %
10,6 %
5,2 %
11,1 %
9,8 %
10,1 %
10,4
10,1 %
8,6 %
7,0 %