This is the view from my favorite place to cycle. It looks east and south from a bit more than a mile up. The climb is 10 miles long and usually takes me an hour or so including a stop at mile eight at the Santuario d’Oropa for refueling. Oropa has been a mountain top finish for the Giro a couple of times in the last twenty years. One hall in the church sanctuary complex includes a gallery of thank you mementos, including a nice collection of signed historic team jerseys, sen