GBI Transalp 2017

Have you ever dreamt of crossing the Alps with a bike?
The given route from Garmisch to Riva del Garda is one of the less challenging routes for a transalp ride. We will often follow the ancient roman road 'Via Claudia Augusta'. For the ambitious cyclists there are several options for a challenging detour, e.g. the famous Passo Stelvio.

Servus & Grüss Gott at the Alps!

September 9 - 13, 2017

The online registration will be closed on August 26, 2017 at the latest!

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General information

Tour highlights

Get a glance at the Zugspitze from the Olympic city of Garmisch

Take a picture of the sunken church tower in Lake Reschen

Enjoy the cycling routes at the river Inn and Etsch

Cycle through Europes fruit garden in South Tyrol

Steel yourself at the legendary Passo Stelvio

Drink a cappuccino in Torbole while viewing the windsurfers at Lake Garda

You will discover the magic of the Alps while cycling with us. The route from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Riva del Garda at Lake Garda is one of the less difficult transalp rides. But anyway you have to climb some mountain passes with long ascents and rapid descents. Enjoy the Alpine cuisine and unique mountain sceneries.

All different kinds of bikes are welcome, whether you have a road bike, mountainbike, city bike or even an eBike. Depending on the number of participants we will cycle in several (at least two) teams with different speed levels.

The Global Biking Initiative (GBI) wants to show you the most interesting places in Europe in a sportive way. We are proud of our international participants, that makes it easy for everybody to make new friends from other countries. One of our main goald is the continuous support of charity projects worldwide. We achieve this by engaging the participants to raise funds for a charity project in their home country.

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There might some things missing on our event page or you have some specific questions?
Feel free to contact us.

Oliver Harzen

General tour organisation, route, accommodation, etc.

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Anja Richter

Administrative issues, invoices, payments, change of your booking

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Charity

As the GBI is a charity ride, you have to register for a GBI country (typically your home country) and raise funds in addition to the participation fee for the local supported charity in this country. The minimum donation for this event is 50 €. Each participant is kindly requested to raise more than the minimum donations to support our charity projects.

No clue how to raise funds?
Uncertain how and who to ask for donations?
Check out our tipps for your fund raising activities!

More details

Tour description

Day 1: Garmisch - Imst
This tour will start in the city center of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and cycle to Mittenwald and via the Buchener Sattel to Telfs at the Inn valley. Track1 follows the river down in the valley to our destination in Imst. Track 2 will head to Nassereith and later to Imst.

Day 2: Imst - Mals im Vintschgau
From Imst we will cycle all the way along the river Inn, we will pass Landeck and Pfunds and head towards Martina in the Swiss Engadin. From here we climb the Norbertshöhe to Nauders and pass the Lake Reschen with its magnificent photo scene of a sunken church tower. Now we cycle down to the Vintschgau valley and to our destination in Mals. Track 2 starts the day with cycling through the Pitz valley and has to conquer the Pillerhöhe, before joining track 1 in Prutz.

Day 3: Mals - Auer
For the ambitious participants the day starts with a great challenge to climb the Passo Stelvio, followed by the Umbrailpass before joining the regular route through the Vintschgau. On well cycling routes along the river Etsch we will pass Meran and Bozen and finally arrive at Auer.

Day 4: Auer - Torbole
From Auer via Trento to Rovereto this part of the day is easy to cycle, as there a almost flat and well maintained cycling routes along the Etsch. At Rovereto we have to climb a last hill before Lake Garda is laying in front of us.Track 2 climbs from Trento to Monte Boldone and then down to the Sarca valley, following the Sarce river all the way down to Torbole, the last destination of this tour.

Day 5: Torbole - Garmisch
In the morning the bus shuttle will bring the participants and bikes back to the starting location in Garmisch (planned arrival at Garmisch appr. 1 p.m.).

Date	Route	Track	Distance	Climb
Day 1	Garmisch - Imst	1 2	76 km 80 km	1270 m 1500 m
Day 2	Imst - Mals	1 2	100 km 94 km	2200 m 2470 m
Day 3	Mals - Auer	1 2	109 km 167 km	690 m 2660 m
Day 4	Auer - Torbole	1 2	89 km 110 km	570 m 1920 m
Day 5	Torbole - Garmisch	no cycling day	n/a	n/a

The tracks of the different stages differ in general regarding their length and the climb as well as the surface.
A detailed description can be found here:

Track 1

Recommended for all kinds of bikes including road bikes. Only paved roads on the track.

Track 2

Recommended in particular for road bikes, the distance is longer and more climb than on track 1.

Venues

Day 0 (Night prior to the tour)

Gasthof Fraundorfer ***

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Hotel accommodation in a cozy family hotel in the city center of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in single or double bedrooms with breakfast and private bathroom.

This night can be booked optionally and is not included in the basic participation fee.

Day 1 - Start

Tour start

Gasthof Fraundorfer, Ludwigstraße 24, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

The tour start is at Gasthof Fraundorfer in the city of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Participants can leave their cars during the tour at the parking areas or parking garages nearby.

Day 1

Eggerbräu Imst***

Imst (AT)

Hotel accommodation in an idyllic hotel in single or double bedrooms with breakfast and private bathroom.

Day 2

Gasthof Iris **

Mals im Vintschgau (IT)

Accommodation in a family-run guesthouse in single or double (some may be triple) bedrooms with breakfast and private bathroom.

Day 3

Hotel Elefant ***

Auer (IT)

Hotel accommodation in a beautiful, family-run hotel in single or double bedrooms.

Day 4

Hotel Aurora ***

Torbole (IT)

Accommodation in two hotels in single or double bedrooms with breakfast and private bathroom. The hotels are located in walking distance from the Lake of Garda.

The GBI Transalp tour ends here and we will have a last evening together before the participants will be shuttled back the next morning to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the tour has started (Gasthof Fraundorfer).

Teams

Each GBI participant rides in a team, guided by an experienced teamleader. The teamsize is limited to ten riders max because of legal requirements.

You can choose a team which fits best your experience, your objectives and your preferred track.

Please notice the average speed of the teams. You should be able to keep at least the given speed for the complete distance of the stages (for sure with some rests) as we cannot guarantee at the time of registration to offer an additional team with less speed.
Otherwise please feel free to set up your own team with your individual average speed. As a team captain we will provide you with a navigation device and instructions how to handle the device and how to navigate. There may be other cyclists who are glad to choose your team. In this case please inform us soon under support@gbi-event.org.

Find your team

TEAM Via Claudia Augusta

Michael Leuenberger

Teamnumber 1

18 km/h

Languages: German, English

The main focus is to have fun, see a lot of the lovely nature and cycle with an appropriate speed on each stage.
This team is open to any kind of bicycle.

TEAM Excursio Stelvio

Dirk Josten

Teamnumber 2

20 km/h

Languages: German, English

We will follow track 1 except day 3, when we will conquer the Stelvio mountain pass.
This team is open to any kind of bicycle.

TEAM Stelvio

Oliver Harzen

Teamnumber 3

23 km/h

Languages: German, English

The main focus is to have fun and see a lot of the lovely nature, but also to cycle with a more ambitious speed as the teams of track 1.
This team is recommended for road bikes.

TEAM Stelvio Due

Oliver Wahler

Teamnumber 4

23 km/h

TEAM Support-Team

Teamnumber 5

0 km/h

There is no appropriate team for you?

You can set up your own team and define, which track you want to cycle, the average speed as well as a team name.

Write us an e-mail to support@gbi-event.org.