Von München zum Gardasee - Track

Meeting point at Nymphenburg Palace and then we set off, heading north past Lake Ammersee to Schongau. After we leave the town and its suburbs behind, the route is mainly hilly through woods and meadows.

In the cold morning mist we ride along the Lech toward Füssen. While the sun is already shining above, clouds hang mysteriously over the water in the valley. After fighting our way through the tourist crowds in Füssen, the route takes us through quiet, sunny valleys in Tyrol up to the foot of the …

We've already climbed a large part of the elevation gain in the last two stages, but now it gets really steep up to the Fernpass. On the other side we can't really let it roll at first, because the path is partly very narrow and steep on gravel tracks running right along the rock face. After that i…

We start in the Upper Inn Valley and work our way up slowly, including a short stretch through Switzerland. Then we turn left onto a pass road that winds up almost another 400 metres of elevation to Nauders. The car traffic is a bit annoying, but still manageable. The last kilometres to the Resche…

On this day you descend over a thousand metres of elevation, so you rack up the kilometres. In the Val Venosta you almost roll on your own along South Tyrol's typically perfectly developed cycle paths. By midday in Merano we've already effortlessly covered over 70 km. Then it continues along the Ad…

The final stage takes us further along endless bike paths following the Adige through Trentino. While in South Tyrol we encountered every kind of rider — from MTB and gravel to e‑bikes — here it's only road cyclists. In the afternoon we leave the valley and tackle one last short climb over the Pas…