Colle di Tenda - Colle della Cayolle - Colle della Maddalena

507 km.

           A precise statement first of all: the map that is seeing has been made with Cuneo as point of departure for a graphic demand, is always of Bagnolo!  

            Taken the map I have looked for a hill in France over that of the Bonette, and after having done a little of local mind I have departed to head low without verifying the length of the journey!  

            The road flows fast up to Cuneo; I have crossed all the government 589; from the chief town beginning to climb and after having passed Borgo San Dalmazzo stung definite toward the hill of Tenda.  

            It is a stop mandatory to Limone Piemonte in how much l ' is last country whether to be able to do gasoline, and I let me unthread from a po Of motion that surely to the contrary of I am direct toward the sea!  

            Crossed the tunnel of the Tenda I go down for the val Roya, very beautiful for the curves but to cross with one certain attention because of the a lot of traffic and of the usual asphalt French not always to the best.  

        I go down up to Breil from where I divert for the country of Sospel, I cross therefore the low hill of Brouis  I continue and surpassed the inhabited center I start over climbing crossing the with the de Braus and going down to The Escarene, the road is really tortuous: everything  a curve are forced to go before always on with the change in and second!  

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        Luckily the fund valley draws near with great relief of my hands! We pass next to the characteristic country of La Roquette; he is not able not to notice him in when it rises on a high ground to watch of the valley; I go down on the fund valley and beginning to go up again the course of the river Var, finally a government road that allows me to cross about fifty kilometers very quickly and to do me a little to rest.  

        I reach Saint Sauveur sur Tinče a characteristic country dipped in the red rocks that of however me they had already been accompanying for a few minutes, but I don't satisfy I leave this comfortable road to return to climb with narrow curves I pour the colle de  Couillole, a lost and desolate place! But naturalistically very beautiful, passing the country of Roubion on the rocks and arrival on the hill.  

        A fast sandwich and I immediately leave again because the road is still long and the time is it already delays, still curves these however to  go down and arrival to Guillames, the last center before the slope to my destination; I proceed and this time beginning to climb in more definite way, few curves but of the beautiful ramps that quickly bring us in quota up to pass the 2000 ms. the road it is very beautiful and shortly time I reach the summit of the hill and I see the sources of the river Var that has been being for the morning that I run after.  

        They are in a beautiful amphitheater, a beautiful basin with the mountains that crown fan, but I am reached by a beautiful storm and then street he quickly goes down toward Barcelonnette, they are only 30 kilometers but really beautiful for her morphology of the rocks as you can be seen next to Beyasse.  

        I finally reach Barcelonnette where I can make gasoline, it doesn't seem but 300 Kms have passed almost. from Limone and I begin to be to drip him! Attention to the autonomy of the motorbikes there is not distributing along the run!  

        A beautiful standstill to rest me a few and then street toward Italy that I will reach through the hill of the Maddalena (clearly under another storm!) and crossing the whole valley Uncorks again arrival Wedge from where finally I will reach house with the beauty of 500 Kms. on the shoulders!