Colle del Moncenisio - Colle dell'Iseran - Colle della Madelaine

470 km.

Today we want it stuffed a turn among the more long; later possession past her colletta of Cumiana we go down in Giaveno and from here through her characteristic town of Avigliana we arrive in val of Susa.  

            Till now The road has been amusing and flood of curves, but we are on the government 24 now that despite the her long rectilinear we don't cross with a lot of boldness because of the elevated traffic of this Sunday of heatwave, 30 kilometers and are in Susa! The firm tail, does even then quickly gasoline (also because it waits us for a long turn among the mountains and we don't know as is situation distributors) and we begin to go up again toward the Moncenisio.  

     We arrive on top of the hill and the sky it is not of the best, we decide of “to look” as it is in France and we go down to Lanslebourg where it welcomes us a splendid sun, reassured we start over climbing, the road is very beautiful both as I found that as you condition, we have a good time and quickly we reach the With the of Iseran with his 2.770 ms.   

    The day is really appropriate: not a fog, a pleasant warmth and a swarm of bikers of various nationalities!  

    After being tastes us the panorama and gone off some photos we begin the descent and we reach the beautiful alpine country of Val of Isère with his characteristics houses in stone and his panoramic train, we look for then a place to eat so we take advantage for surpassing the dike that forms the Lac du Chevril and to climb to Tignes sur Lac, another skiing country that however in this out season doesn't have anything from to envy even to other summer places.  

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    I would like to spend 2 words on the Lac du Chevril and his extraordinary fresco, realized in 1980 by Jean Marie Pierret (it represents an enormous Ercole), that is the greatest of the with his 12.000 square meters world; the decision to build the dike goes up again to 1948 to satisfy the application of electricity of France in reconstruction but also perhaps to make to see to the world how much French are good (in fact then it would be is the greatest dike in Europe and anchor with his 181 meters today it is the tallest in France).  

    With calm we eat our lunch enjoying us the warm sun on the shore of the little pond that we find in country, relaxes there a little knowing that the trip is still long.  

    Let's have to leave again unwillingly unfortunately! we cross the usual dike and we go down the fund valley coasting along the layers of the glacier de Savine, returned in the torture of the sultriness we reach Bourg saint Maurice and exploiting the beautiful government we are quickly to Moutiers.  

    Still 7 kilometers and to You Lechère we leave the fund valley finally aiming to the with the de the Madelaine, apart the first curves then the road opens and is stretched allowing an uninhibited guide and panning, we arrive on the hill that with his/her 1984 ms. it doesn't detach as panorama, but it opens on a beautiful basin verdant that in winter entertains a lot of ski footsteps.  

    After a small it covers to the cafe we continue the turn going down through a more tortuous road and ruined (in comparison to the slope) up to the country of Lachambre, tiredness begins to feel then himself we decide of to take the government one and surpassed the alternative for the Galibier we try to race toward Modane, where unfortunately it waits us for a beautiful storm that accompanies us up to go up again the Moncenisio, the time that we had earned it is wasted so in the walk forcedly redoubt under the water.  

    Flavio has had to suffer not few for the gasoline (also because we already have 250 kms after the last full) because the automatic distributors that we have found accepted only credit cards (encircled Visa,Mastercard,ecc..) but Inexplicably they have not accepted ours. Luckily to Laslenbourg (after 285 kms from the last height) we have found a self-service managed from an open cafe. To such respect Flavio has told that it is not the first time that happens his missed acceptance of the paper (and not only his) and therefore he thinks both a problem of international banking essays for which fairies attention.  

    Once so much in Italy is more beautiful, it doesn't rain anymore and to Susa we are already dry, but we are however tired for the many kilometers, crossing to bashful the road of the morning we finally arrive to house.