← All eventsSportful Dolomiti Race
~204km Dolomite gran fondo from Feltre, widely billed 'Europe's toughest gran fondo'. ~4,900m over four big passes incl. Passo Manghen (2,047m) and the 16% Croce d'Aune wall at ~200km. ~4,500 riders, 7am start. Next edition ~20 June 2027 (approximate).
Widely billed as Europe's toughest gran fondo, and it earns the title. Around 204km and 4,900m of climbing through the UNESCO Dolomites, starting at 7am from Feltre in late June.
Four passes in sequence: Cima Campo, the 23km grind up Passo Manghen to 2,047m, then Passo Rolle and the Croce d'Aune wall. The gradient is rarely gentle.
For most riders this is a survival day, not a fast one. The Coppi wall hits 16% after nearly 200km, and a mid-course gate at Predazzo diverts anyone off the pace onto a shorter finish.
Is Sportful Dolomiti Race for you?
- Experienced sportive riders ready for a genuine Alpine epic, not a first big day out. Eight to twelve hours of climbing is the deep end of the catalogue.
- Strong, patient climbers who ration effort. The trap is burning matches on Cima Campo with Manghen, Rolle and Croce d'Aune still to come.
- Riders who train real volume. 204km stacked on 4,900m rewards those who build to six and eight hour long rides, not four-hour ones.
- Anyone comfortable with heat and altitude swings. A hot Feltre valley and near-2,000m passes 10 to 15 degrees colder, sometimes within the same hour.
Training plan for Sportful Dolomiti Race
A training plan for Sportful Dolomiti Race isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Four major passes and 4,900m of climbing across roughly 204km, an 8 to 12 hour day
- Sustained high-altitude efforts: Passo Manghen is 23km up to 2,047m, deep into the ride
- A savage finish, the Croce d'Aune wall peaking at 16% after nearly 200km in the legs
- Big heat-to-cold swings and a Predazzo cutoff that gates undertrained riders onto the short route
- 2x20 sweet spot and 3x20 threshold blocks to build sustained climbing power
- 40 to 70 minute efforts at 85 to 93% FTP on a climb, the length of Passo Manghen
- Specialise days of 6 to 8 hours with 4,000m+ of climbing, a full Dolomiti rehearsal
- Heat turbo sessions and post-ride sauna in the final weeks for the hot valley sections
- 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
