Italy Passo Mortirolo (Tovo)
Passo Mortirolo (Tovo) Bike Climb - PJAMM Cycling

14
FIETS
7.6 mi
DISTANCE
4,207 ft
GAINED
10.5 %
AVG. GRADE
FULL CLIMB STATS
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Cycling Mortirolo Pass (Italian: Passo di Mortirolo) (altitude 1852 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in Italy. Also known as Passo di Foppa, it connects the province of Sondrio with the province of Brescia. This is the least scenic of the 4 routes to the Passo.

The route from Tovo is featured in the 2022 Giro d'Italia. 

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Cycling Passo del Mortirolo - hairpin, Marco Pantani memorial.

Cycling Passo Mortirolo from Tovo - it’s a very hard climb!

Ride 12.2 kilometers gaining 1277 meters at 10.5% average grade.

This is another route up Mortirolo that is best done with at least a 30t cassette as it averages 10.5% for 12.2 km.  While this climb presents a great cycling challenge, it is the least scenic of the climbs - for much of the route we are bordered by thick forest which blocks our view of all but the roadway ahead - on a climb that registers a 10.5% as an average grade, perhaps just the road in below and directly in front is all we need . . .

Cycling Passo del Mortirolo from Tovo - narrow road with thick forest

12.2 km / 1,285 m / 10.5%

Climbing Passo del Mortirolo from Tovo - road paint with arrow and Mortirolo

Passo del Mortirolo from Tovo - bike leaning against tornanti 1 sign.

There are no routes to Passo Mortirolo that don’t go through many tornanti.

Giro History

Year

Stage

Stage Winner

Country

1990

17

Leonardo Sierra

Venezuela

1991

15

Franco Chioccioli

Italy

1994

15

Marco Pantani

Italy

1996

21

Ivan Gotti

Italy

1997

21

Pavel Tonkov

Russia

1999

21

Roberto Hera

Spain

2004

19

Stefano Garzelli

Italy

2006

20

Ivan Basso

Italy

2008

20

Emanuele Selle

Italy

2010

19

Michele Scarponi

Italy

2015

16

Mikel Landa

Spain

2017

16

Vincenzo Nibali

Italy

2019

16

Giulio Ciccone

Italy

The approach to the pass has been from Mazzo di Valtellina in 11 of 13 Giro appearances.

The 1990 and 2017 Giro used the Edolo approach to climb Mortirolo - never from Tovo.

Passo Mortirolo.

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