Borgo Valsugana - Forte Busa Runde (63 km)

Today, a ride to Forte Busa, located above Levico Terme, on a charming secondary road to cycle, but it stretches as you gain elevation. Mostly around 9%, but sometimes it gets steep. They forecasted 20 degrees, so I only took a light windbreaker, a big mistake in the mountains. At the Refugio Erterle (you gain about 1000 meters relative altitude from Borgo) there is a nice rest area, and then suddenly a cool wind started blowing, mutually of course. In Vetriolo it was already really cold. Up to the Forte with over 300 watts, but I just couldn’t get warm. Down to the lake it was a real ordeal, the icy wind penetrated to the bone and my arms became stiff as boards. Man! I've never frozen so badly on the bike. At the lake it got better because the wind came from behind (I stayed on the road, shiver!). A show ride through the pedestrian zone and a warm-up break in the spa park (walking). Finally, at quarter past three the sun came out and it quickly warmed up, luckily. Return on the VCA, easy with tailwind downhill through the valley. Luckily, nothing stuck afterward.