Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
Tour de Suisse master tag
The Bernina Pass (2,330m) or Passo del Bernina in Italian, is the 6th highest mountain pass in Switzerland.
It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz with the Poschiavo valley, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in the Valtellina valley.
Once down in Tirano, the Mortirolo is only a short-ish distance away…
From X, Sandra Mäder:
Ein Jahr schon ohne dich 💔
Ein Jahr in der neuen Zeitrechnung 💔
Ein Jahr Schmerz 💔
Ein Jahr tägliches weinen
GINO ICH VERMISSE DICH SO UNENDLICH
(A year without you 💔 / A year in the new era 💔 / A year of pain 💔 / A year of crying every day / GINO I MISS YOU SO MUCH)
Page created by me
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The track is that of the Alpenbrevet Platina course – see Grimsel, Furka and Gotthard pages.
Background picture: Umbrail Pass Zairon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
When I wrote yesterday’s Tour de France post, I hadn’t yet heard of the tragic news of Gino Mäder’s passing.
I, like many more, had hopes he would recover from his horror crash in the Albula descent during stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse.
But looking at the pictures from the crash site, the fact that he was actually dead and had to be resuscitated for 25 (!) minutes, were already bad omens.
I already shamelessly dubbed my ‘cycling the Alps‘ adventures in France ‘Tour de France‘ and those in Italy ‘Giro d’Italia‘.
So it should not come as a surprise that when I planned an adventure in Switzerland, it was dubbed ‘Tour de Suisse’.
In August 2019, my Tour de Suisse was spread over two weeks, one week based in Silvaplana and the other one in Sedrun, near Andermatt.
In 2015, I already had a taste of what Switzerland has to offer, when I concluded my Giro d’Italia of that year with an entirely Swiss epilogue.
That stage brought me the Gotthard (old Tremola road), the Furka and the Grimsel.
I was so impressed by the landscape and the overwhelming views, that I promised I would be back one day.
So, in August 2019, Paula once again supported me in yet another crazy quest.
On this page you can read about / find links to how it was planned and how it turned out…
