Castellania-Coppi, Tortona

The roads of the “Campionissimo”

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE

KM 63

Altitude gain 1100 m

Difficulty **

Category Trained Amateur

Max. gradient 14%

Duration 3h00-3h30

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An undulating route through the hills where cycling legend Fausto Coppi was born. Departure from Tortona towards Castellania Coppi and climb (via Passo Coppi) all the way to the grave of Fausto and Serse Coppi.
We then descend towards Costa Vescovato through the Tortona hills in a sequence of short (3-4 km each) but intense ups and downs with often double-digit gradients such as the Arpicella wall.
The roads are almost all (except near Tortona) with little traffic and mostly narrow.

NOTES:
From an artistic point of view, just off the route, the church of the Madonna della Guardia, linked to the work of Don Orione with its 14 m (and 12 tonne) statue visible from afar, is definitely worth mentioning.

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Tortona is a town in the province of Alessandria, situated on the Scrivia river, on the edge of the Ligurian Apennines and not far from Lombardy. During the 13th century, the Knights Templar were present in Tortona, later spreading the legend that the Holy Grail would give three gifts to the city that guarded it. The motto (on the city’s coat of arms) “Pro tribus donis similis Terdona leonis” (“By virtue of the three gifts Terdona (one of the old names of the town) is like a lion”) is said to derive from this legend”.

From legend to cycling: Tortona gave birth to Luigi Malabrocca, road cyclist known for winning the Giro d’Italia’s “Maglia Nera” several times (The Maglia Nera (Black Jersey) is the term used to identify the last classified in the Giro d’Italia).