burner Verona
On the way from the burner by Isarco and Adige Valley to the south you can comfortably make long distances - it is flat or gently sloping to the south. Some weather conditions can I use the wind to his advantage - if you get a tailwind Nordstömungen support. In North jam one must sometimes drive a few km towards Bolzano by train unless you want the tour will start in the rain. 
On burner I am on 4 July started at about 06:30 - to about 1370m above sea level. There is the railway station (the Italian side of the pass) has a large parking lot (note: no parking on 5th and 20th of each month). At first it was cool. Much of the departure altitude you put up Brixen (500m) back, and the remaining approximately 400 distributed to about 200 km - from Bolzano the gap is hardly noticeable. Until I was on the Bolzano SS12 . The mileage data are down from about 523rd In Verona I left the road at about the milestone 290th The SS12 ends the way in Pisa - a former stage stop spring tour. 
By Eisacktal there was on the SS12 on this Sunday morning only little traffic. The road is in good condition. The Italian name 'Isarco' reminiscent of the 'Isar' - indeed, the word comes from an old Germanic term for 'water', which finds in the word 'ice'. It bypasses the Sarntal in an arc to the east. 
larger towns on the way to Bolzano, capital of the province of Tyrol Are Sterzing , Fortezza , Brixen and Klausen . In Bolzano, I've tried as best it east of the city to come and as soon as possible to be back on the SS12 (by the Bolzano SS12 for cyclists partially blocked). To change 
By Bozen country are many ways to the SS12 to the great Adige Valley bike path, for example Branzoll or Auer . The bike path also proposes a traffic-free SS12. After Neumarkt to get at Salurn to the German-Italian language border. For me it is amazing how sharp the border between two languages - within a few km you in a different language and culture. 
In Nave San Rocco or Lavis a good point about the cycle path is to leave. So as to avoid a loop on the western side of the valley. By Trent , capital of the province of Trento and Trentino hats this time also worked well. In the city I've filled up water and hit three cyclists who were on their way to Lake Garda Zwickau. South of Trent, I'll be more into the meditation mode come. 
It is a great experience if the landscape of hours in such flows past one. After Rovereto the locations are less, especially after Ala . The next town - Dolce - is already in the province of Verona , Veneto region. At the Verona Klause reach the southern border of the Alps - a sharp transition between the Alps and the Po Valley . As in Bassano del Grappa, leave the mountains around after a few minutes in a completely flat area recover. 
Verona I've looked at me many times - so I could turn out to sightseeing this time and I saw an earlier train back as planned made to the burner. On the train back a few alpine conquerors were on our way back to Germany. 
The railway line Bologna-burner is ideal for trips made by bike in almost every train wheels to be transported. There are, however, in some cases several cyclists on the train and the place is a bit tight. test results
The trip was planned as a test of various changes in equipment, nutrition and tactics. I had not really wanted to experiment Verona as a destination but only a few hours drive south and a little bit. Some worked, some not quite. Pleasing was the time - About 240 km in 7:30 hours and 200km under 6 hours, I've done yet. successful, the change in the seating position was - by a 180 degree rotation of the seat post slides the seat position a few inches further forward. It was much easier than before to use the aero bars. I think my riding position was so far without aero bars too far back.
through a triathlon-bottle holder for mounting on the saddle and bottle holder-tool boxes (very handy), I gained additional storage space for equipment and food. What has not worked out quite satisfactorily was the food (although it was much better than before). I wanted to try it the number of calories that I consume during the trip to take - which seems to be surprisingly difficult. I can imagine that the topic is food on long distance / ultra race more and more the dominant problem. 
too long daily stages are just a calorie deficit event. You have to drive away with full glycogen stores and contribute the rest of the fat stores. According to the kreuzotter.de wheel energy calculator I have the wheel part consumes about 4000kcal. Plus the basal metabolic rate of about 2000kcal That would be a daily requirement of about 6,000 Excluding the pasta party the night before I got on Sunday about the bike before 1000kcal eat / drink while driving around 3000 and then about 2000. the usual burglary at about 150-180 km has failed this time - was Erfeulich. Despite continuous interest came after the ride, the usual cravings for burgers and fries. On 'the top 10 nutrition mistakes in endurance sports' gives a interesting article . 
has worked at least dealing with the heat. According to Ala, it was impressive hot. Forecast was 35 degrees, were felt more 40th In the Po valley was either slight headwind or standing shimmering air. Through the asphalt and marble factories on one side of the road was pretty evenly from all sides at all. The only way in which I half-way in extreme heat at the wheel remains is to regularly drink (water with minerals or Isotabs) to drive and with a long garment. Have proved the arm warmers. I had problems only at the uncovered areas of skin, especially in the face. 
The sweat evaporates on the arm warmers as well. Failing is a thin long-sleeved undershirt. It is indeed pleasant to drive, but there are no pockets. I will take longer day trips especially in the heat without need from backpack and pockets and, therefore, especially to have something edible is always within reach. The evaporated amount of liquid was not small. I've been drinking 7-8 liters (previously approx 1l, 4l while driving around, then about 2.5 L). It was while driving straight enough, or rather too little, especially in the second half. I had just hours later rather thirsty. At the beginning I've held me fix it once every 5 minutes to drink a sip. It is but the longer you go is more difficult to bring the stuff down. Conclusion
It was a brilliant ride through Isarco and Adige Valley on a bright and beautiful summer day. Arrivederci Italia - until the next micro-vacation.
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