Giro d’Italia Como > Dolomites with Cadel Evans

Welcome to Italy and the start of your 2023 Giro d’Italia experience!

The Mummu Cycling team will collect you from Milan airport or train station this morning before transferring you approximately 1 hour to our premium accommodation in Como.

On arrival, take some time to check-in and settle before regathering for a welcome brief discussing the day and the week to come! Afterwards, the Mummu staff will assist with bike assembling and fittings ahead of this afternoon’s warm-up ride.

Pre-ride enjoy some time out to grab a spot of lunch at your leisure before meeting up for ride time!

Today you will be led by our team of experienced ride guides who will be cruising for 40kms at a nice ‘warm-up’ pace, just enough to spin the legs out post travel and to get familiar with the group and our surrounds.

After taking some time to relax and freshen up we will meet up for this evening’s group welcome dinner with Cadel Evans, to toast to what we expect will be a fantastic week ahead absorbing the best of the Giro d’Italia’s final week!

Today you will take your first real dive into the Giro d’Italia race action and what better way to do so than heading straight to the finish with VIP hospitality! Today’s Stage 14 route is likely to be one for the sprinters, and a fast and furious finish for us to be right there in the thick of the action live!

Following breakfast, we will transfer to the start of the ride where you will be riding the last 30kms of stage 14 with Cadel Evans. Cadel will share his knowledge with you and stories from his time in the pro peloton. You may even be able to pick up some tips to help you win your local bunchie back home. You will have the chance to cross the official finish line and strike your best pose atop the winner’s podium! This is an exclusive opportunity we are able to enjoy as a Premium Tour Operator.

Following your moment in the spotlight, take some time to freshen up and change before making your way to join your pro host, Cadel, in the VIP finish line hospitality. It won’t get much better than today’s sprint finish! Here you will be treated to unlimited canapés and beverages while watching the Stage 14 action on big screen televisions as the peloton draw closer and closer to their final hurdle of the race.

You will then be able to finish from the very best seat in the house, where you will be able to see the exhilarating finish from a stones throw away.

After the finish we will then transfer you back to our hotel to freshen up, the evening will be yours to enjoy at leisure.

This morning you will enjoy a nutritious breakfast before our transfer to the start of your ride, be sure to put your day bag in the support vehicles, including all the essentials you will need for today!

Today you will ride a steady rolling 2.5 hours with Cadel to watch stage 15 of the Giro! The ride will bring us to Villa d’Almè in the Province of Bergamo where we will get to watch the Pro’s roadside as they past by us three times! You will be able to get lunch in the village of Villa d’Almè, which will be absolutely buzzing with the Giro excitement and Italian crowds!

Stage 15 looks to be a tough one as the peloton will tackle the Valico di Valcava, the Selvino and the Valico di Valcava before a leg burning Colle Aperto, a ramp of 1.6 kilometres at 7.9% with the last part on pebble paving, before flying down into the Città Bassa. This is going to be one epic stage to watch road side.

After the stage we will transfer back to the hotel to freshen up where you will have a night to enjoy some downtime and dinner at leisure.

This morning enjoy a good breakfast before checking out. We will we will transfer you to a pro team’s hotel where you will enjoy the exclusive opportunity to check out the team mechanics set up on the final Giro rest day!

Mummu Cycling has a long history of great relationships and connections within the sport thanks to our partner, Stuart O’Grady. This mornings experience will allow you to take a look behind the scenes to find out exactly what a pro team gets up to on a Grand Tour rest day and the countless hours of hard work the staff put in to ensure the riders are ready to go again the next day!

Following an insightful visit and some new photos for the memory books, we will transfer to our new hotel in Riva del Garda where you will have lunch at leisure.

This afternoon you will kit up and enjoy a group ride with the Mummu guides along the beautiful Lago di Caldonazzo. Following the ride, you will head back to the hotel to freshen up before joining the rest of the group at a group dinner.

Today will be another big day on the race radar, where you will get to experience the very best of Giro d’Italia mountain madness! After yesterdays rest day, the peloton will be firing for today’s high mountain stage and summit finish. This will be a decisive day at the Giro d’Italia. It will be one of the hardest days of the race and the finish at Monte Bondone on the outskirts of Trento will be another one where serious differences can be made.

After a decent breakfast, you will be riding up the staunch Passo di Santa Barbara followed by Passo di Bordala. In total these climbs are 18.6 km in length and an average gradient of 7.1% with some points on the Passo di Santa Barbara even reaching 14.9% gradient! The first 9km are the hardest – which will be good to keep in mind pacing wise, however the beautiful views during the climb on Lake Garda and Riva del Garda are sure to ease any burning of the legs.

Once the ride has finished, it will then be time to kick back at the Mummu Marquee roadside to enjoy a picnic lunch while awaiting the pros who will soon enough blitz by us showing us how it’s done. Get set to cheer on your favourite riders!

Following a nice dose of live race action, it will then be a short transfer back to our hotel in Riva del Garda where the afternoon and evening will be yours to relax and enjoy dinner at leisure after a solid day!

This morning enjoy a nutritious breakfast before checking out. We will then have a short 20 minute transfer to today’s Stage 17 start in Pergine Valsugana where you will have exclusive access to the Official Giro d’Italia Start Village.

This is a privileged experience we are able to enjoy thanks to our Premium Tour Operator status, ensuring you have the opportunity to lap up the best of the pre-race atmosphere within very close proximity to the pros preparing.

Enjoy snacks and Italian coffee while watching the riders sign-on for the Stage ahead. You may even get the opportunity to meet some of the riders or get close enough to take some snaps of your favourite team’s and pros!

You will then watch the excitement of the Stage start as the peloton rolls out for yet another challenging day on the radar.

After the start, there will be time to enjoy a spot of lunch at your leisure to ensure you are fuelled and ready to go for today’s ride, including a nice dose of the Italian Alps!

We will transfer to today’s ride. From there, it will be time to kit up and get set for a challenging, yet incredibly scenic adventure as your Mummu guide leads the way on a 50km ride on route to our next hotel destination in Feltre.

On arrival to our new modern accommodation, check-in and enjoy some time-out to relax and freshen up, or alternatively join the group to watch the Stage finish together over a deserved beverage!

This evening will be yours to enjoy dinner at leisure.

This morning enjoy a decent breakfast ahead of another big day! Today you will get to experience the first of three decisive stages at the 2023 Giro in the Dolomites. The route combines a multi-climb ride through the Dolomites with a steep finish in the shadow of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo jagged peaks. It rightly deserves the tag of Queen Stage of the 2023 Giro d’Italia. This will not only be a solid day out for the pro’s, but for you as well as you get to tackle the last two major climbs of todays stage, the Passo Cibiana and the Val di Zoldo.

After breakfast, we’ll have a 50 minute transfer in the vans to the start of our ride in Venas di Cadore. Here, you will hop on your bike and enjoy the next few hours of beautiful scenery through the Dolomites. First up you will climb the Passo Cibiana which is a 9.6km long climb with an average gradient of 7.8%. Next is the Van di Zoldo, with the first 5kms at 9.8% to Coi before a sharp descent makes way for a short and explosive climb to Refugio Palafavera. Once at the summit, enjoy some photo opportunities as you cross the stage 18 finish line. One at the summit, you will be able to make your way to the Mummu Van where your day bag will be waiting for you to freshen up and get changed in time to watch the epic stage 18 finish LIVE roadside, right in the thick of all the action.

After today’s stage we will transfer you back to our hotel, where the evening will be yours to put your feet up and relax, enjoy a well deserved beverage (or two) and dinner at leisure.

Today following breakfast and check out, we’ll be kitted up and ready to transfer out to our ride depart location. Today’s ride will see us riding to Consorzio Impianti A Fune Civetta where we will have a great vantage point to see all the action of Stage 19 as the pros battle it out.

On arrival to our roadside location, enjoy a picnic lunch in the Mummu marquee while we watch the peloton zip by twice and take in all the madness of the roadside fanfare.

In the afternoon we’ll transfer to our final traditional Italian hotel in ski country, Ovaro.

Dinner will be at your leisure tonight but we’d recommend sampling the local fare at the hotel restaurant for an authentic Italian experience.

Be sure to have a good rest tonight as tomorrow’s penultimate ITT stage will be massive!

After a huge day out yesterday, you can enjoy a nice relaxed start to the day today. Sleep in and enjoy breakfast in your own time.

There will be no ride today, as we will be making our way to the mountainous time trial course of stage 20 to watch the action live in VIP Lounge Hospitality located at a prime point along the course, allowing you to witness the very best of the final Stage in style! Here you will enjoy unlimited canapés and drinks while watching every rider fly right by us within very close distance. Embrace the second to final Stage atmosphere and cheer to your heart’s content!

The 18.6km stage is a time trial of two halves, with 10 kilometres on the slightly descending and very fast Ciclovia Alpe Adria bike path. The climb to Monte Lussari is eight kilometres long and averages 12.1% on a rough-surfaced concrete road very much like the Zoncolan. The middle 4.8km section climbs at 15% with a final kick up to the sanctuary at 22%.

The different terrains will surely see riders opt for a bike change before the climb starts, swapping full time trial bikes for lightweight climbing road bikes so they can dance on the pedals to fight the steep gradient. The riders and teams know that a bad bike change could cost them victory in the Giro d’Italia.

This evening, after the excitement of witnessing the final battle for a chance to change the holder of the Pink Jersey for 2023, there will be a final farewell group dinner. A chance to get together one last time to share stories of the week and cheers to what we hope has been a fantastic trip.

After breakfast and check out, we’ll transfer you to Venice airport and wish you farewell.

We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience at the Giro d’Italia with Mummu Cycling!