Motovun to Plomin

Distance: 75 km. Total elevation: 1,350 m

Today’s descriptive adjectives: tough, character building, extreme gradients, insanely pretty countryside, narrow backroads, tiny villages, hot.

Really a day of everything! Naturally it started with a 5km climb averaging around 8% then a beautiful rolling cruise along the ridge top.

A number of us elected to ride the alternate route to see a waterfall - but the innocent looking climb turned into a cruel test of the legs with multiple 18-21% kickers. And the waterfall wasn’t running!

So relieved when I got to lunch - this was the hardest and most challenging ride I have ever done.Leer más