Aosta Valley
In the lower Aosta Valley, Italy, the Dora Baltea leaves the Alps through a narrow gorge guarded by the fort of Bard. The Roman road to Gaul ran this way. In 2025 the Giro d’Italia rode up the valley, the opposite way to this ride, on its stage from Biella to Champoluc, which Nicolas Prodhomme won alone.
This ride starts at Verrès and follows the valley down past the Forte di Bard, rebuilt in 1830–38 and used as the fictional Sokovia in Avengers: Age of Ultron. At Donnas the Roman road is cut into the rock, and it passes under a stone arch beside milestone XXXVI. The ride then enters Piedmont and climbs over the Serra d’Ivrea, the largest moraine in Europe, left by the Aosta Valley’s glacier. The ride ends at Mongrando, in the province of Biella.
Region: Valle d'Aosta
City: Verrès
Distance: 39.84 km
Elevation Gain: 438 m
Elevation Loss: 467 m
Difficulty: 315 (Easy)
FIETS Index: 1.28 FIETS
Avg Grade: 3.82 %
Max cat climb: 2
Min elevation: 263 m
Max elevation: 598 m
Ride Category: Rollers