METRICS:

• Start: Reana del Rojale
• Stop: Branik
• Distance: 82,4 km (total: 1363 km)
• Time of ride: 4:09 h
• Average speed: 19 km/h
• Altitude difference: +349/-438 m (total: +7532 m)

DETAILS:

• Udine, Manzano, Gradisca, Devetachi, Gorizia
• My first attempt to cross the border to Slovenia failed. It was a border class II (locals only): leaving the EU is close…
• Free camping in the vineyard of family Sever who allowed me to stay on their property

METRICS:

• Start: Koetschach-Mauthen
• Stop: Reana del Rojale
• Distance: 95,6 km (total: 1280,6 km)
• Time of ride: 4:42 h
• Average speed: 20 km/h
• Altitude difference: +769/-1351 m (total: +7183 m)

DETAILS:

• Ploecken pass, Paluzza, Tolmezzo, Gemona
• Ploecken pass was at the limit of my thighs an bike transmission: up to 15% inclination in a noisy gallery
• On top I met 2 like-minded guys: cyclists from Poland, Tomasz and Krystian
• Free camping in a small forest close to the village

METRICS:

• Start: Olanger Stausee
• Stop: Koetschach-Mauthen
• Distance: 90,5 km (total: 1185,0 km)
• Time of ride: 4:55 h
• Average speed: 15 km/h
• Altitude difference: 1070/-1397 m (total: +6414 m)

DETAILS:

• Pustertal (Villabassa, Dobbiaco), Silian, Karnische Dolomitenstrasse/Tyrolese Gailtal (Kartitsch, Maria Luggau, Sankt Jakob im Lesachtal)
• The Tyrolese Gailtal is beatiful, small villages, a lot of water mills and endless turns

METRICS:

• Start: Varn
• Stop: Olanger Stausee
• Distance: 51,0 km (total: 1094,5 km)
• Time of ride: 3:20 h
• Average speed: 15 km/h
• Altitude difference: +668/-285 m (total: +5346 m)

DETAILS:

• Pustertal (Vintl, San Lorenzo di Sebato, Brunico, Valdaora)
• Beautiful fishing cabin at the lake served as accomodation
• Cold morning with 5°C

METRICS:

• Start: Innsbruck
• Stop: Varn
  
• Distance: 83,4 km (total: 1043,5 km)
• Time of ride: 5:05 h
• Average speed: 16 km/h
• Altitude difference: +1241/-1106 m (total: +4678 m)

DETAILS:

• Old Roman Brenner route (Vill, Patsch, Erlach, Matrei); Steinach, Brenner, Sterzing
• First pass in the Alps and of course rain as usual
• Nice and quit campground beside the lake

METRICS:

• Start: Kundl
  
• Stop: Innsbruck
• Distance: 64,5 km (total: 950,1 km)
• Time of ride: 3:15 h
• Average speed: 19 km/h
• Altitude difference: +159/-74 m (total: +3437 m)

DETAILS:

• Following the Inntal cycle track
• Parking the bike at the gas station while doing the last shopping in Innsbruck
• Stayed at St. Nikolaus hostel
• Hendl from Wienerwald was the MUST of the day…

METRICS:

• Start: Samerberg-Dorfen
• Stop: Kundl
  
• Distance: 55,7 km (total: 895,6 km)
• Time of ride: 2:37 h
• Average speed: 21 km/h
• Altitude difference: +77/-365 m (total: +3278 m)

DETAILS:

• Following the Inntal cycle track to Austria
• Visited the Fahrtwind team in Samerberg
• Free camping behind an allotment garden with blackberries in front of my door

METRICS:

• Start: Munich
• Stop: Samerberg-Dorfen
• Distance: 19,7 km (total: 839,9 km)
• Time of ride: 1:09 h
• Average speed: 19 km/h
• Altitude difference: +50/-20 m (total: +3201 m)

DETAILS:

• Train from Munich to Rosenheim (late departure)
• In strong rain along the Inn to Nussdorf; pick-up by Stefan by car
• Delicious barbecue with friends

METRICS: none

DETAILS:

• Finalizing my equipment, checking the bike, meeting friends and enjoying the beer gardens, bars and night life…

METRICS:

• Start: Ulm
• Stop: Munich
• Distance: 128,1 km (total: 820,2 km)
• Time of ride: 6:56 h
• Average speed: 18 km/h
• Altitude difference: +790/-726 m (total: +3151 m)

DETAILS:

• Senden, Weissenhorn, Burtenbach, Dinkelscherben, Kutzenhausen, Gessershausen, Anhausen, Wellenburg, Bobingen, Koenigsbrunn, Mehring, Baierberg, Guenzelhofen, Mammendorf
• What a long day: setting the tour record to 128km
• I just made it to the border of Munich until dawn, then took the S-Bahn for the remaining 20km