Events/Granfondo Nove Colli

Granfondo Nove Colli

Road

Date

Sun, 23 May 2027

Venue

Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (coast → Romagna hills → coast)

Countdown

May

Distance

200km

Total climb

3,800m

One of Italy's oldest and biggest gran fondos. Around 12,000 riders roll out of Cesenatico on the Adriatic coast, over the nine hills of Romagna and back, on a Sunday in late May.

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The course

The route

Roughly 200km with around 3,800m of climbing, running from the Cesenatico coast through the Romagna hills and back over nine punchy climbs. The signature Barbotto climbs 5.5km at 6.9% average, kicking to an 18% pitch near the top.

Weather

Late-May, Cesenatico

22°CTypical high

14°CTypical low

8°CColdest in 20 years

36%Days with rain

Highs around 22°C and lows around 14°C, but it has dropped to 8°C. Rain on 36% of days.

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

Training

Training for the Granfondo Nove Colli

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.

Intervals.icu

Nine hills, one long day

Typical sessions

Around 200km and 3,800m of climbing across nine short steep hills, with fatigue stacking all day

The Barbotto wall arrives mid-route: 5.5km rising to an 18% pitch

Monte Pugliano and Gorolo peak near 17% late on, when the legs are already deep

Romagna hills bake by midday, so heat tolerance and steady fuelling over 6 to 9 hours matter

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Over-unders: 3-4x (2min at 105% / 2min at 90% FTP) to handle the spiky terrain

Short climb repeats: 6-8x 4-6min at 100-108% FTP for nine-hill repeatability

Steep-gradient reps: 4-6x 3-5min on a 12-18% pitch, low cadence, for Barbotto strength

A nine-hill simulation: 5-6hr with 8-10 hard hill efforts, fuelling as on race day

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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