#zoncolan, the test of willpower. Are you determined enough to finish the circuit to push the bike for two hours in the scorching sun? Cause that, in essence, was my Zoncolan experience at the #MonacoDiBavieraClassic .

After some deserved relaxation on the flat Alpe-Adria route I caught up with a number of riders in Pontebba, the last town on the Italian side of the Nassfeldpass which we then took headimg into Austria -- and a hailstorm. #ultracycling #grintacivuole