Thinking of Alpine road cycling, the big names immediately come to mind — Stelvio, Tourmalet, Galibier. But there’s another, lesser-known yet equally spectacular climb: the Ötztaler Gletscherstraße above Sölden in Tyrol. This 15-kilometre ascent doesn’t serve as a classic mountain pass — it’s a dead-end road leading only to the glaciers. Perhaps that’s why the road builders didn’t bother easing the gradient, leaving us with a real challenge to tackle.

Extrémní triatlon nočním plaváním v Labi, kopcovitou cyklistikou nádherným Českým Švýcarskem a cílem maratonu na Ještědu

Two Pyrenean passes are connected by a stunning 10-kilometer mountain road carved into the northern slope of Pic de Taillades.