Sportful Dolomiti Race: routes, passes and how to prepare
- Distance
- 200 km
- Climbing
- 5,035 m
- Highest point
- 1,766 m
- Categorised climbs
- 16 · up to 16 %
- Shape
- Loop
Measured on the course you ride in Cycloscape. The organiser's own figures are below.
Elevation profile
265–1,766 m · 16 categorised climbsThe 6 biggest of 16 categorised climbs, in the order you ride them.
The Sportful Dolomiti Race starts and finishes in Feltre, at the foot of the Dolomites, and calls itself the hardest granfondo in Europe. The next edition is on Sunday 20 June 2027. In 2026 the granfondo was listed at 204 km and 4,900 m over Cima Campo, the Passo Manghen, the Passo Rolle and the Passo Croce d'Aune; both routes finish with the Croce d'Aune, past the monument to Tullio Campagnolo.
Sportful Dolomiti Race at a glance
- Where
- Feltre, Italy
- Official website
- sportfuldolomitirace.it ↗
- Next edition
- 20 June 2027
- Routes
- Granfondo: 204 km, 4,900 m climbing · Mediofondo: 133 km
- Terrain
- Mountain — long climbs
- Facts checked
- 4 November 2026, against the sources below
Full preparation and course training require Event Coach Pro.
Ride the real course on your trainer. The route of Sportful Dolomiti Race, 200 km, as a 3D world, with your trainer following its gradients — any day, and as part of your Event Coach plan. Part of Cycloscape Pro.
The routes
The Sportful Dolomiti Race offers 2 routes.
| Route | Distance | Climbing |
|---|---|---|
| Granfondo (2026) | 204 km | 4,900 m |
| Mediofondo (2026) | 133 km | — |
What the course asks of you
The Manghen is the key climb: long, irregular, with ramps above 12 % in a forest that hides how much is left. The Rolle follows, longer and steadier, among the peaks of the Pale di San Martino, and the Croce d'Aune comes at the end — the climb where Tullio Campagnolo is said to have imagined the quick-release.
With nearly 5,000 m of climbing, this is a day of pacing more than power: climb well below your threshold, eat on a schedule, and keep something for the Croce d'Aune.
How to prepare
The general shape of a good preparation, which Event Coach turns into a plan for your fitness, time and date:
- Train long climbs: steady efforts of 30 to 60 minutes just below your threshold match the cols of the Sportful Dolomiti Race far better than short intervals.
- Build the long day: rides of five to seven hours in the final two months, towards the 204 km of the route you choose.
- Practise eating and drinking on a schedule, and descending: a mountain day is as much going down as going up.
Pacing mistakes to avoid
The mistakes that cost riders the most on a day like this:
- Treating the first climb of the Sportful Dolomiti Race as a race: a long col ridden above the pace you can hold for hours costs you the rest of the day.
- Saving nothing for the last climb, where the most kilometres are already in your legs.
- Skipping food on the descents: the next climb starts with what you ate on the way down.
Prepare the Sportful Dolomiti Race with Cycloscape
Tell Event Coach you are doing the Sportful Dolomiti Race, your route and what you want from the day, and it builds your preparation towards 20 June 2027: structured workouts held by your trainer in ERG, Race Pacing for how to spend your effort, and Performance Lab to see whether the work is landing. Full preparation and course training require Event Coach Pro.
Frequently asked
When is the Sportful Dolomiti Race 2027?
On Sunday, 20 June 2027, according to the organiser.
How long are the routes of the Sportful Dolomiti Race?
Granfondo: 204 km with 4,900 m of climbing; Mediofondo: 133 km. The 2026 figures as published by Dolomiti Superski and dolomiti.it; the 2027 routes have not been published yet.
How many riders take part?
About 4,000 riders in 2025.
Can I ride the course of the Sportful Dolomiti Race in Cycloscape?
Yes, inside Event Coach with Cycloscape Pro: once you start your preparation, the course is ridden on your trainer as part of the plan.