2025 BWR Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel Series

Granfondo del Penice

April 27 2025

Piazza della Fiera Varzi Italy

Date Confirmed

Distances: 103 km

Difficulty: Moderate terrain with rolling short steep hills or moderate, sustained climbs

In the heart of the Apennines, a Granfondo with an alpine character!

Promoted by the president of the asd Sant'Angelo Edilferramenta, Vittorio Ferrante, the Granfondo del Penice NiniCar wants to contribute to the enhancement of the mountain territories of the Oltrepò.

A single route will be proposed that will have the following characteristics: 103km and 2000m of elevation gain

Participants will tackle the long and smooth ascent in the direction of the Brallo Pass.

The next stretch on a false level will take the participants, through the locality of Scaparina, to the Penice Pass. A first descent towards Bobbio up to Campore where the cyclists will take the junction for Ceci to climb to the Vallette di Ceci Pass and retrace the false flat already faced previously up to the Penice Pass. Here, again downhill, but much shorter to return to the Pavese area in Val Tidone, passing through Casa Matti and Romagnese.

A few more kilometers and once in Le Moline, the participants will face a short but intense climb that will lead to the village of Valverde.

Then a hilly stretch uphill leads to the entrance of the Val di Nizza where you descend passing through Sant'Albano. At the end of Ponte Nizza, you go up the Staffora Valley to return to Varzi and face the long home straight

Great attention is paid to welcoming participants who will receive a rich race pack with registration, while for the post-race they will be expected for lunch inside the facilities of the Varzi Fair and will be able to leave their bicycles in the guarded and free parking set up there.
For those arriving from afar, it will be possible to stay in a camper in an area reserved for them or take advantage of the local accommodation facilities.

Granfondo del Penice