To
prepare for the AlpenBrevet on 13th August, I did the Sustenpass from
Wassen: 17,7 km with the climbing altitude of 1308 m.
The
road starts climbing immediately through a narrow valley and later on the road
becomes a little bit flatter and passes after 11 km through the village “Fährningen”.
After the village the climb is most of the time at 7%. Psychologically
difficult is that the road is straight up and you always see how far you have
to go.
On the
top it was freezing cold (3 C) and my bike computer immediately stopped
working. As there was already rain on the climb, I was happy to bring a 2nd
rain-jacket. The first one was wet after one hour. So I managed the 1.602 m
downhill to Innerkirchen over 27,7 km. There were a lot of tunnels and the road
really wet, so I am sure, I didn’t do it in 25 min as the riders of the Tour de
Suisse with average speed between 80-90km/h. Cavendish’s top speed was 107 km/h
and this also with rain and not knowing the road. He must have had also some
fear, I guess.
After
Innertkirchen I continued on to Meiringen the start and finish village of the
AlpenBrevet and then over the Brünig Pass (1008 m) with a climb of 412 m. Today’s
total: an estimated 110 km and 2100 m climbing altitude (my bike computer
stopped on the Susten!).
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