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Maratona dles Dolomites - scenicDolomites ski resort experiments with bike-only days for major mountain pass roads
The Italian ski resort of Alta Badia is experimenting with closing nearby mountain roads to motor traffic in a bid to attract cyclists.
The Guardian reports that the Dolomites resort has run three “bike only” days this summer in addition to closing roads for events such as the Maratona dles Dolomites.
Video: riding the Maratona dles Dolomites
The bike-only days are not for organised mass participation rides. They instead allow amateur riders to experience closed roads non-competitively.
The first, in June, was branded Dolomites Bike Day and saw well-known Giro d’Italia climbs the Campolongo, Falzarego and Valparola closed to cars.
The Dolomites Bike Day website recommended riding the 52km loop in an anti-clockwise direction, but this didn’t seem to be obligatory.
Roads were closed from 10am to 3pm and around 5,000 cyclists took part free of charge and without registration. Photos on the website show that people rode the route on mountain bikes and road bikes as well as on bikes with child seats and trailers.
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Alpe D'Huez and lots of the other climbs in the area are closed to cars on Tuesday mornings through July and August. I think they change them each year, here's the link to the website:
http://oisans-col-series.com/en/
I'll be out there for the Col du Sarenne one, but I just missed out on the others.
Having ridden the Laurent Fignon Way section of the Tourmalet which is blocked off for cars, it's bloomin brilliant, similar on the almost empty roads of Luz Ardiden and Hautacam, hardly any cars when I rode them.
Pity Alps d'Huez can't have no car days, busy climb with both cars and bikes.