Posts Tagged ‘Hotel Monte Grappa’
|The 2012 Giro d’Italia Camp Details
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
This is probably my personal preference showing here, but I am really excited that a likely sprint stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia is going to finish right where we ride all the time!!! And of course, we’ll be there to see it.
Our 2012 Giro d’Italia Camp details are now available. We know that May is traditionally a hard time to travel, what with kids in school, work commitments, and summer vacation plans looming, so we’ve put together a reasonable trip. It’s 8 days/7 nights, so you can get in and out with only 5 days away from work. You’ll get in 7 real rides in those 8 days, including riding to 3 stages of the Giro. You’ll eat Luca’s handmade pasta and pizza, you’ll taste local Prosecco, you’ll stay in a mountain inn for crying out loud! How much more awesome do we have to make this trip!?
OK, fine, we’ll do it all for less than $3,000. What!? A trip to a Grand Tour for less than $3k!? Nope, we haven’t lost our minds, we’re just that awesome.
So, up and at ‘em. Go reserve your spot now!
Gran Fondo 2011
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
There are more than enough Gran Fondo nearby to satiate even the most ravenous rider. While we will 100% be doing la Pinarello, our attendance at other events is completely driven by customer request. Not sure what events are nearby? Here’s a list of everything we could find within reasonable driving distance.
(many thanks to Matteo Dalzero for compiling this list – please visit his site for links to individual Gran Fondo as they come online for 2011)
June
- 5, Gran Fondo Damiano Cunego, Verona, 62km, 98km, 150km
- 12, Gran Fondo Eddy Merckx, Rivalta di Brentino, 106km, 165km
- 19, Sportful Dolomiti Race, Feltre, 122km, 216km
- 26, Fondo B.emme Marathon (Rigioni di Asiago), Asiago, 94km, 134km
July
- 3, Sella Ronda Bike Day, Corvara, 50km (the entire Sella Ronda is closed to cars for this day!)
- 10, Maratona delle Dolomiti, Corvara, 55km, 106km, 138km (pre-entry by drawing only)
- 17, la Pinarello, Treviso, 132km, 205km
- 24, Gran Fondo Bellunese, Sedico, 85km, 150km
August
- 31 July – 6 August, Giro delle Dolomiti, Bolzano, 61-155km (if you are interested in riding the 2011 Giro delle Dolomiti, please contact us ASAP!)
September
- 4, Gran Fondo Monte Grappa, Bassano del Grappa, 96km, 132km (new date!)
- 4, Gran Fondo d’Europa, Venice to Triest, 162km
- 11, Gran Fondo Dolomiti Stars, Arraba, 80km, 135km
Staying in Castelcucco
Monday, December 21st, 2009
We’ve just got off the phone with the Hotel Monte Grappa, and it sounds like a congratulations is in order for Luca Bolzon and family. It appears that business at Hotel Monte Grappa will be booming in 2010, and they will often be full up! Velo Veneto will no longer have full run of the place, but as always, he has found ways to accommodate us. So, what does this mean for us?
- We will have access to what we’re calling Villa II – the Bolzon family home just behind the Hotel Monte Grappa. For everyone, this means a secure place to leave your bike and bike case, a laundry facility, and where we will have the rack, workstand, and a small toolset. It also means that at particularly busy times, we will have access to bedrooms in Villa II!
- Luca has asked that we give him rooming lists as early as possible this year, so he can make sure that everybody has a bed, and every bed has a body. For the Giro trip, this means we’d like to have our list to him by the end of January. You can put your name and dates in on our Registration page, and we’re finally taking PayPal deposits.
We’re happy and excited for Luca, and the more we plan for and talk about next year, the more excited we get about heading back! If you have any thoughts, or suggestions, leave a comment below or give us a shout.