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Seven named passes through the Dolomites
Maratona dles Dolomites climbs through the heart of the Dolomites on seven named passes, each with distinct character — Campolongo's warmup, Pordoi and Sella's steady grinds, and Passo Giau's hairpin switchbacks arriving late with several passes already in the legs. Surfaces are smooth closed roads; the demand is repeatable high-altitude climbing and pacing across sustained gradients.
For the rider with only six weeks left and five to nine hours a week, this rescue plan keeps the work most likely to matter on the Dolomite passes: repeatable climbing on sustained gradients and the pacing discipline Giau's hairpins demand late in the ride, recovery, and pacing. It makes purposeful use of current fitness without claiming to replace lost months.
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Includes zone-tailored structured rides for your devices, built-in strength with video walkthroughs, heat-training protocols for racing in the hot stuff, peloton skills workouts, and nutrition and hydration guidance.
The Complete Maratona dles Dolomites Guide — the training, the tactics, the gear and race day, explained simply and clearly: what to do, when to do it, and why it works.
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