Events/L'Eroica

L'Eroica

Road

Date

Sat, 2 Oct 2027

Venue

Gaiole in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy

Countdown

October

Distance

209km

Total climb

3,768m

The ride that started the whole white-gravel movement. L'Eroica sends around 8,000 riders out from Gaiole in Chianti every first weekend of October, on pre-1987 steel bikes with downtube shifters and toe-clips.

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The course

The route

The 209km long route climbs about 3,768m through the Chianti hills, Crete Senesi and Val d'Orcia, with roughly 112km of it, over half the day, on unsurfaced white gravel roads.

Weather

Early-October, Gaiole in Chianti

23°CTypical high

12°CTypical low

5°CColdest in 20 years

27%Days with rain

Highs around 23°C and lows around 12°C, but it has dropped to 5°C. Rain on 27% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the L'Eroica

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What the strade bianche throw at you

Typical sessions

Over 100km of loose white gravel on narrow tyres, where traction and line choice decide your day

Roughly 3,768m of climbing that never lets up: relentless rolling, not big cols

12 to 15 hours in the saddle on the long route, often finishing near 10pm

A vintage steel bike with friction shifting and marginal brakes to nurse the whole way

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long Z2 rolling rides, 3 to 6 hours on hilly terrain, building duration week by week

Long gravel rides, 3 to 5 hours on loose surface, so durability and handling grow together

Back-to-back weekends, a long Saturday plus a medium Sunday, for cumulative fatigue

Hours on the actual vintage bike from the build block on, until its position and gearing feel normal

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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