Gavia Pass
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The pass
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Elevation | 2,652 m (8,701 ft) |
Traversed by | SP29 |
Location | Sondrio/Brescia, Italy |
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Location of Gavia Pass
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Gavia Pass (Italian: Passo di Gavia ) (el. 2621 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Italian Alps. It is the tenth highest paved road in the Alps.
The pass lies in the Lombardy region and divides the province of Sondrio to the north and the province of Brescia to the south. The road over the pass (SS 300) connects Bormio to the northwest with Ponte di Legno to the south and is single track most on its southern section.
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Giro d'Italia
The Gavia Pass is often on the route of the Giro d'Italia road bicycle race and is sometimes designated the Cima Coppi, the highest point of the race. On 5 June 1988, the race passed over the Gavia in a snowstorm, making for an epic stage won by Erik Breukink. American Andrew Hampsten, the second-place finisher, became the overall race leader and went on to win the Giro.
Appearances in Giro d'Italia (since 1960)
Year | Stage | Category | Start | Finish | Leader at the summit |
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2014 | 16 | HC | Ponte di Legno | Val Martello (Martelltal) | Robinson Chalapud (COL) |
2010 | 20 | Cima Coppi | Bormio | Ponte di Legno | Johann Tschopp (SWI) |
2008 | 20 | Cima Coppi | Bormio | Passo del Tonale | Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio (MEX) |
2006 | 20 | Cima Coppi | Trento | Aprica | Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) |
2004 | 18 | Cima Coppi | Cles | Bormio | Vladimir Miholjević (CRO) |
1999 | 21 | Cima Coppi | Madonna di Campiglio | Aprica | Chepe González (COL) |
1996 | 21 | Cima Coppi | Cavalese | Aprica | Hernán Buenahora (COL) |
1988 | 14 | Cima Coppi | Chiesa in Valmalenco | Bormio | Erik Breukink (NED) |
1960 | 20 | Trento | Bormio | Charly Gaul (LUX) |
Gallery
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Gavia Pass, Lombardy, Italy (July 4 2004).jpg
The lake near the pass
See also
External links
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