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Croce d'Aune Pass

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Croce d'Aune Pass

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Croce d'Aune Pass

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Please check local regulations for: Parco Nazionale Dolomiti Bellunesi

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Location: Pedavena, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

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1. Church of Fonzaso – Arsiè loop from Feltre

94.9km

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2. Church of Fonzaso – Ponte Serra and Waterfall loop from Feltre

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990m

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3. Passo Croce d'Aune loop from Pedavena

37.3km

03:59

1,480m

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Francesco Sovilla

April 18, 2021

The Croce d'Aune pass (1,011 m) is an alpine pass in the Dolomites in the province of Belluno, which connects the Feltre basin, and in particular Pedavena, with the Sovramonte plateau. It is a saddle located north of Mount Avena and south of the Vette Feltrine. It can be reached via the former Strada Statale 473 di Croce d'Aune which rises from Sovramonte through the Ausor valley and descends to Pedavena through the Porcilla valley. Croce d'Aune has become famous in the history of cycling because, during a cycling competition in 1927, the athlete Tullio Campagnolo had difficulties in removing the rear wheel of his bicycle due to unfavorable weather. That episode inspired him with the idea of the quick release, patented in 1930 and later the workhorse of Campagnolo, a bicycle components company founded by the same in 1933. To remember that episode there is a monument dedicated to him today on the pass, work of the Belluno sculptor Massimo Facchin. Campagnolo itself in the eighties produced a medium-high range rear derailleur called "Croce d'Aune".
Furthermore, since 1964, Croce d'Aune has been repeatedly touched by the Giro d'Italia. When the road was still unpaved, it was not uncommon for cyclists to puncture several times between uphill and downhill.

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Distance 8.86 km

Uphill 670 m

Downhill 10 m

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Location: Pedavena, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

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Croce d'Aune Pass

1. Church of Fonzaso – Arsiè loop from Feltre

2. Church of Fonzaso – Ponte Serra and Waterfall loop from Feltre

3. Passo Croce d'Aune loop from Pedavena

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