Still not done Stelvio

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by greyrigg » Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:28 pm

I would like to do the Stelvio thing this summer and fancy having a good old road trip in the Exige.

We did the Monte Carlo Historique this year in Mrs J’s old mini so did most of the famous stages. A lot of the info is available on the ACM website.

Planning another assault next year.

Col de Turini was a night stage so it would be great to see it in daylight.

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Sanjøy » Tue May 05, 2020 9:24 am

Did you hear Monkey saying that Stelvio was the most over rated road in his Whisky Files?
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Post by Scotty C » Tue May 05, 2020 12:18 pm

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by campbell » Wed May 06, 2020 12:54 am

You missed the killer Q, Sanj.

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by C7Steve » Wed May 06, 2020 10:20 am

Apart from the view, is the road a good drive?

I thought it was just a load of hairpins linked together all the way up the mountain pass.



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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Sanjøy » Wed May 06, 2020 10:21 am

I'd imagine the number of cyclists would hamper the flow. I had to get up pre dawn for a good run up Ventoux.
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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Victor Meldrew » Wed May 06, 2020 10:28 am

Is there a hotel on the Stelvio?
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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by woody » Wed May 06, 2020 11:30 am

Sanjøy wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:21 am
I'd imagine the number of cyclists would hamper the flow. I had to get up pre dawn for a good run up Ventoux.
They do. And the near blind hairpins in the knowledge there may be a cyclist or motorbikist coming the other way. Went last year, didn't love it as a drive because of the traffic and probably because the Abarth 595 I was driving was abysmal. Meet to Elise driver at the top who earned to enjoy it more. However, would still say it's a must do as the views on the way up and from the top are stunning. Great experience overall.

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Dark » Wed May 06, 2020 4:28 pm

Will be even more cyclists now! :thumbsup

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Scotty C » Thu May 07, 2020 8:50 am

Victor Meldrew wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:28 am
Is there a hotel on the Stelvio?
a ski resort :mrgreen:
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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Dark » Thu May 07, 2020 3:46 pm

Scotty C wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 8:50 am
Victor Meldrew wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:28 am
Is there a hotel on the Stelvio?
a ski resort :mrgreen:
There's an amazing one at the bottem in Bormio! :)

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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Scotty C » Mon May 11, 2020 11:07 am

C7Steve wrote:
Wed May 06, 2020 10:20 am
Apart from the view, is the road a good drive?

I thought it was just a load of hairpins linked together all the way up the mountain pass.

Steve.
South side flows better and is a nice drive apart from the hairpins towards the top, North side (the one in all the pics) is mainly hairpins. We only went down it. Think there were 100 lotus's there the day we were there.
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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Corranga » Tue May 12, 2020 11:02 am

I'm another on the not done Stelvio list. My original plan, when I did NC500 a couple of years back was to do something like that every couple of years, but this year obviously looks to be disappearing into doing nothing
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Re: Still not done Stelvio

Post by Victor Meldrew » Tue May 12, 2020 6:20 pm

Corranga wrote:
Tue May 12, 2020 11:02 am
I'm another on the not done Stelvio list. My original plan, when I did NC500 a couple of years back was to do something like that every couple of years, but this year obviously looks to be disappearing into doing nothing
So do we need a 2021 Stelvio Euro Tour thread started?
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