Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
Tour de Suisse master tag
The Bernina Pass (2,328m, sign reads 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)
Map with Swiss cols I’ve created (profile) pages for, trying to give extra useful info and not just a profile card.
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.
In June last year, at the end of my Giro d’Italia 2015, I rode an entirely ‘Swiss Stage’ including the Gotthard (Tremola road), the Furka and the Grimsel.
You can read a report on that stage here – it offered some of the most stunning views I have encountered so far and I am determined to get back there for more, during a longer stay.
