They day started well with Bruno joining me to lead the way to Foza while the sun was shining on our backs. It was the first the on the journey where I didn’t have to wear everything I brought at the start which was a nice change. I’ve done the climb to Foza before during the Giro, and it was as pretty as I remembered it. However, it’s always great to hear a local’s point of view and with Bruno sharing anecdotes about getting lost on a climb even further ahead we reach the top. Once we passed Foza the views over the Asiago plateau opened up with the deep valley running in between. Bruno led me to the monument just outside of town and we parted ways on the ‘Alley of Heroes’. Leaving the insanely busy Asiago with it’s packed christmas market and after buying some cheese I headed into the incredibly remote feeling valley of Passo Vezzena. While I started to feel a little tired on the top of the Foza climb, Vezzena was completely draining. Crawling up dozens of kilometers of false flats I was eventually rewarded with the 30k long descent toward Trento at sunset.

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