← All eventsLa Stelvio Santini
Iconic one-day Alpine cyclosportif from Bormio over the brutally steep Mortirolo and finishing atop the Passo dello Stelvio (2,758m). Long route ~157km / ~4,500m climbing — a genuine big-mountain day.
Two of cycling's most iconic climbs in one day. The brutally steep Mortirolo, then a summit finish atop the Passo dello Stelvio, 2,758m up and one of the highest paved passes in the Alps.
The long route is 157km and around 4,500m of climbing out of Bormio, in the Italian Alps, on the first Sunday of June. A medium and a short option share the same Stelvio finish.
This is a big-mountain bucket-list day, not a flat sportive. The Mortirolo comes mid-route as a pure power-to-weight test. The Stelvio is climbed last, cold and thin-aired, where the day is survived.
Is La Stelvio Santini for you?
- Climbers with real power-to-weight chasing a bucket-list mountain. The Mortirolo rewards W/kg, not flat speed.
- Riders comfortable with long days. Six to eleven hours in the saddle demands endurance, not just a fast century.
- Anyone who wants the Stelvio. The 2,758m summit finish is the same for every route, so the medium or short option still delivers the icon.
- Steady pacers who hold something in reserve. Overcook the Mortirolo and the Stelvio finish will end your day.
Training plan for La Stelvio Santini
A training plan for La Stelvio Santini 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.
- Around 4,500m of climbing on the long route, one sustained effort after another
- The Mortirolo: roughly 12km at 10.5%, with ramps into the high teens
- A summit finish at 2,758m, where thin air can cost 5 to 9% of your power
- Valley heat below and near-freezing cold at the top, within the same ride
- Sweet spot and threshold blocks: 2x20 at 88-94% FTP building to 3x20 at threshold
- Steep grinds: 4-6 x 5-8min on a 10-15% pitch at low cadence, for the Mortirolo
- Big climbing days: 5-8hr rides stacking 3,000 to 4,000m of ascent
- Cold-summit layering and valley-heat rehearsals in the final weeks
- 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
