Tour Transalp 2016

Seven days of cycling from Imst, Austria to Riva Del Garda, Italy

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  • Prologue
  • June 22 – 25
  • June 26 – Stage 1
  • June 27 – Stage 2
  • June 28 – Stage 3
  • June 29 – Stage 4
  • June 30 – Stage 5
  • July 1 – Stage 6
  • July 2 – Stage 7

Introduction

Tour Transalp 2016 is a 7 day amateur cycling stage race from Imst, Austria to  Riva del Garda, Italy.   The route crosses the Austrian & Italian Alps, and covers about 900 kilometres and 20,000 metres of elevation.  I will be making the journey with my teammate, Joerg, who also rides with the cycling club Just Giver 4PD out of Vancouver, BC.

I started road cycling in 2013, and being new to the sport enrolled in a clinic put on by the organizers of the Whistler Gran Fondo.  It was in this clinic that I first learned about Tour Transalp as our coach, Rob, would be making the journey to Europe later that year.  I thought at the time that this would be an amazing trip that I surely would never be able to take.

On July 11, 2014 a group of us were having lunch at The Bench in Penticton when Joerg mentioned he was thinking about signing up for Tour Transalp the next year.  Without hesitation I quickly said that I would join him if he needed a partner.  One month later we were confirmed as one of the 600 teams of 2 for the 2015 Tour.

We finished Tour Transalp 2015 with energy to spare, and I immediately knew I wanted to come back for a second time.  The organizers of our trip, Magic Places, warned against making a decision right away, and sure enough after a few weeks passed I realized another trip to Tour Transalp was not in the cards for 2016…Until I received a text from Joerg in late December asking if I was thinking about TTA for 2016.  My interest was immediately sparked, and I said I’d sign up if he wanted to go as a team.  Just before new years we were confirmed as a team for 2016!

2016 Route Statistics

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Click here for my Tour Transalp 2015 Blog Posts

Travis - TTA 2015 Stage 6 - Verla di Giovo, Italy
Travis – TTA 2015 Stage 6 – Verla di Giovo, Italy
Travis - TTA 2015 Stage 4: Descending Passo Gavia, Italy
Travis – TTA 2015 Stage 4: Descending Passo Gavia, Italy
Travis - TTA 2015 Stage 2: Giarsun, Switzerland
Travis – TTA 2015 Stage 2: Giarsun, Switzerland
Joerg - TTA 2015 Stage 4: Stelvio National Park, Valfurva, Italy
Joerg – TTA 2015 Stage 4: Stelvio National Park, Valfurva, Italy

 

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