Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
Hochsauerland is my favorite area to prepare
myself for another Grand Tour
As preparation for my upcoming Giro d’Italia 2025, we spent a week in Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany.
This mountainous area is no match for the Alps, but it offers a large number of climbs that are considerably longer than anything I can find in my own country and much of the neighboring Ardennes.
Many of them are throwing stinging grades at you – or stinging for me anyway…
Saturday June 14, we will once again depart for a week in Hochsauerlandkreis.
The area is one of Germany’s cycling mecca’s of “mid-range hills”.
The Hochsauerland hills will bring you up to just over 800 meters which is slightly higher than the Eifel, but over 600 meters short of the Feldberg in the Black Forest.
However, the Black Forest is a lot further away…
As has become customary for my Grand Tours, I have a few activities planned as preparation.
While it is impossible to tackle anything even remotely close to the long climbs that I will encounter during the Giro, I can at least plan long(er) rides through hilly areas not too far away from home.
As announced in my previous post, we spent a week in Hochsauerlandkreis from June 28th to July 5th.
Although I cycled every day – duh – the weather was not what I hoped for.
Friday and Saturday it was scorching hot, after which the temperature dropped over 15 degrees and we had rain every day.
On the bright side, I collected a lot of new kilometers but that will now be a lot harder when I cycle the area again…
This Friday we will once again depart for a week in Hochsauerlandkreis.
The area is one of Germany’s cycling mecca’s of “mid-range hills”.
The Hochsauerland hills will bring you up to just over 800 meters which is slightly higher than the Eifel, but over 600 meters short of the Feldberg in the Black Forest.
However, the Black Forrest is a lot further away…
