{"id":20667,"date":"2019-07-23T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?p=20667"},"modified":"2020-12-05T03:29:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T02:29:44","slug":"giro-delle-dolomiti-2019-stage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2019\/07\/giro-delle-dolomiti-2019-stage-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Giro delle Dolomiti 2019–Stage 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s stage was quite long at 175 km \/ 3000 m. We started in Bolzano again and headed North. Later we turned right onto a road that headed up into the hills. It’s the same one that Leonie and I have ridden in the past and leads up towards Sellajoch.<\/p>\n

Not much to report. The ascent was quite ok as they let bunches form and didn’t force everyone to ride at a snail’s pace. It was very hot again and the sky was blue. The views to the dolomites were nice.<\/p>\n

There was, however, a problem. My bike shorts were not playing nice with my undercarriage. We rode over Sellajoch and descended to Canazei. From there we had a timed section to Passo Fedaia. I concentrated mostly on my backside rather than the ascent.<\/p>\n

By the time we got to descending it was really painful. We stopped at 110 km for a late lunch (so is the race) and the last 65 km back to Bolzano were not very nice, i.e. horribly painful. I tried to ride standing up as much as possible. Luckily a lot of it was downhill so that made things easier.<\/p>\n

I collapsed in a pile of ouch back at the campground. I\u2019d post a picture of my butt but nobody needs to see that. It turns out it was some sort of nasties in my bike shorts rather than the abrasion. Ouch\u2026<\/p>\n

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\"Stage<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Riding<\/a>\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Going<\/a>\"Nearing<\/a><\/p>\n

\"At\"View<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Leonie<\/a>\"Cris<\/a>\"Leonie<\/a>\"The<\/a>\"Cris<\/a><\/p>\n

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