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Cross-country skiing Hoists from afar

Back to snow: We went skiing at the Hemmersuppenalm. Then we got left behind

By onabike.ccDecember 16, 2018December 27, 2018

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Chocolate is my vegetable, and ice cream is my fruit. German is my language, and Europe is my home.

It's only two weeks that I raced on a heated Stelvio together with some great people. The legs are fresh and waiting for the next two highlights of this year: a bike ride with the pals from every year, and then in September my biggest challenge yet: I'll start the @oetztalerradmarathon - and I'll ride my best to finish it.

48 turns over 24km take you 1800m closer to sky. Not only that, but the way the road is built at the Stelvio allows for unique views. People fought for their life here until 100 years ago. Thankfully, now we only fight for picture, memory, and bragging rights. To that end: I was a minute faster riding up than @dennis_f.muc

I posted several pics from Sunday's race in my story, but this got be my favourite. I've ridden two times up the Stelvio before, but never I still found snow on the roadside. This time I encountered remnants of one of the legendary snow walls that had still survived the heat wave. . . . . . . . . . #onabike #onthebikeimhappy #fromwhereiride #roadslikethese #stelvio #mountainlove #mountainhome #pedalforever #insearchofup #outsideisfree #lifebehindbars #ridewithaview #snowinsummer #heatwave #newexperience #weekendthrowback #switchbacksunday #natureiscool

They said: smile. I thought: I want gelato. To reach that point, I cycled 168km in 7 hours. Oh, and 3400m of climbing. At abnormal temperatures. It wouldn't end. Then it ended.

That's me on a business trip. #mitkoepfchen

Climbing is all about the magic moment that you accelerate one final time to reach the peak.

The weather was interesting for this edition of the #alpenchallenge - once we entered the clouds, it took a while to leave them again. While it was cold, these were my temperatures, and the legs felt well prepared. This was the first and smallest challenge of the three events that I signed up for this year. It was great to have such a good start with it. I'm more confident than I was before.

Every good ride needs a good gelato stop.

On the top of the Grödner Joch, we had finally completed all climbing of the day. More than 3000m in one day: that's something I rarely do. We climbed up the entire Val Gardena and then did all four climbs of the Sella Ronda afterwards. The only thing missing was gelato.

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