Events/Italy Divide

Italy Divide

Ultra

Date

Sat, 1 May 2027

Venue

Pompei, Italy -> Verona, Italy

Countdown

May

Distance

1,250km

Total climb

23,000m

A self-supported bikepacking race down the entire length of Italy. Around 1,250km solo from Pompei, near Naples, north to Verona: no support crew, no feed stations, no course markings.

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The course

The route

Around 23,000m of climbing over the length of Italy. The surface is roughly 55% gravel, farm track and Tuscan strade bianche, about a quarter paved connectors, and the rest genuinely rough mountain off-road, all self-navigated by GPX.

Weather

Early-May, Pompei

18°CTypical high

16°CTypical low

12°CColdest in 20 years

28%Days with rain

Highs around 18°C and lows around 16°C, but it has dropped to 12°C. Rain on 28% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Italy Divide

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 Italy Divide throws at you

Typical sessions

Fast rolling gravel that rewards a sustainable pace, not one-hour power

Real mountain climbing over the Gran Sasso massif and the Apennines

Days of riding on minimal sleep, self-navigating by GPX with no markers

Spring weather that swings from cold mountain rain to warm valleys, plus mud that can clog a bike

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Long gravel endurance rides, building from 5 up to 9 hours at an easy aerobic pace

Hilly gravel rides stacking 2,000 to 3,500m of ascent for climbing durability

Back-to-back weekends, then a full 3 to 4 day loaded bikepacking trip in the specialise block

Night rides and deliberate wet, muddy sessions to test your kit and mud clearance

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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