(14) Dervio - Cepina

It is very simple: you ride from Dervio practically level with moderate car traffic along the picturesque lakeside to Colico and make a pleasant discovery on the promenade: here is the start of the 'Sentiero Valtellina', a marked cycling route that extends through the entire Valtellina to a few kilometers beyond the stage destination in Bormio. It turns out to be a perfectly marked, nearly level route to Tirano, on paved ground or 'crunchy asphalt', through the broad, scenically beautiful valley away from roads, a varied route that also features numerous rest areas with seating, exercise equipment, and often drinking water fountains and barbecue pits. In some places, construction is still ongoing, and you have to use well-marked detours, including for the last kilometers before Cepina. Here, as before from Tirano, there are noticeable climbs in the narrowing valley. At the destination, there is a large restaurant with a small camp site.

Fourteenth of twenty stages of a cycling tour around Switzerland. Enjoyable cycling in the beautiful Valtellina on a mostly car-free route, which only becomes a bit strenuous towards the end due to the increasing gradient and the length of the route.