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Maratona Movie: Passo di Giau – Tyler Durden

The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. Third rule of Fight Club: Someone yells “Stop!”, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: Only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: One fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: No shirts, no shoes. Seventh rule: Fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: If this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight. Replace Fight Club with Passo di Giau and you’ll have an excellent description of what awaits you. Because in our Maratona film, Giau is Tyler Durden, the protagonist and “inventor” of Fight Club. The first rule of Passo Giau is: you do not talk about Passo Giau. If you’re walking around the village in the days before the race, you’ll find that no one wants to talk about Giau because everyone fears it more than any other climb in the Maratona. The second rule, then, is: you do not talk about Passo Giau. The third rule of Passo Giau: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps ...

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Maratona Movie: Passo Sella – Neo

By day, Neo is a computer programmer and a model citizen; by night, he’s a hacker who exploits his knowledge illicitly. The encounter with Trinity and the choice of the red pill reveal the truth to him and expose to him the true structure of the world: the Matrix.   The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room.   On the day of the Maratona dles Dolomites, Passo Sella is a Neo who has definitely chosen the red pill. Because Sella is perhaps the symbolic pass, the “model” pass of the Dolomites, but on July 7 it will turn into one of the most dangerous points of the entire race route. One of those points that can really leave a mark. 5.5 kilometers, average gradient 7.9%. Points at 12%. It’s not a long climb, but the gradients are much steeper than those on the first two passes. The rest of the year, all you need to do is take it a bit easy here; in the Maratona it’s a completely different story. On the day of the Maratona, Sella comes after Campolongo and Pordoi, two passes that can be climbed without excessive effort ...

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Maratona Movie: Passo Pordoi – The Bride

Patience and strength are the key characteristics of “The Bride” in Kill Bill, along with the beauty and gracefulness of Uma Thurman. Patience, because the pursuit of revenge against Bill is long and meticulous. One by one she eliminates the members of the DVAS until the meeting with Bill. Strength (and technique), because the Bride has been trained by the best in the world and knows how to fight like few others. Beauty, because — there’s no need to explain why. In the Maratona film, Passo Pordoi is the Bride in Kill Bill. A climb that is patient, strong and beautiful like few others. A climb of 9.2 kilometers with 638 meters of elevation gain. Average gradient 6.9%, maximum 10%. The start is from Arabba, and the windy road features many tight switchbacks one after the other. Almost a snake. A Black Mamba, just like the Bride is called. Pordoi is a patient climb, because it’s steady. It’s one of those climbs that doesn’t seem hard but that can do some serious damage if it’s attacked head on without thinking. Just like a katana fight with the Bride. Pordoi is a strong climb, because despite the not-extreme gradients it never ...

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The Maratona Dles Dolomites Movie

There are many types of events that you can participate in with a road bike. There are granfondos, sportives, 24-hour team races, randonnées and many other formulas. The only limit is the organizers’ imagination. Then there’s the Maratona dles Dolomites, which, to call it a granfondo is, at the very least, reductive. Like describing Chris Froome as an ordinary bike messenger. (By the way, Chris, recover quickly! We’re eager to see you out on the bike again.) The Maratona dles Dolomites is a granfondo just because it somehow had to be placed somewhere. Due to the distance and the fact that there’s a ranking, it’s been put in that category. But there’s much more to it, and the competitive element is probably the least important of all the aspects to be experienced during this event. The atmosphere, the incredible scenery, the roads closed to traffic from the first to the last participant, and the hospitality of Alta Badia are the actors, with the mountains and the climbs playing the leading roles in an Oscar-deserving script that every cyclist should take part at least once in their life. A film like the Maratona has a perfect plot, with a mixture of ...

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Race set-up fine-tuning with Patrick Lange

When competing at the highest level and racing against the best you better leave no stone unturned. The race suit is one of the few items an athlete is using for the entire race. Get a small insight into the testing with Patrick Lange what has been going on the last couple of weeks to optimise his suit and other details of his set-up. Discover the Castelli triathlon collection here Special thanks to Björn Hunger for sharing the footage!

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