Cortina d'Ampezzo to Stinsans

This is an epic day in everyway
From the campsite down at the Campo si Sopra we need to get back up to the level of the main road to rejoin the main cycle path. When I did the Munich to Venice this first section freaked me out. On the profile it looks like you are going to freewheel forever, but the first section is hard. First, despite all the tourist money that Cortina has, they decided not to spend it on building a decent cycle path. The first section until just before San Vito di Cadore is pretty terrible, especially if you're tired. Then you cross under the road and the cycle path then follows the old railway line. Sometimes the quality is excellent, othertimes it's long overdue some maintenance.
It's mostly downhill, but the pedalling type, down to Pieve di Cadore where the Munich-Venice turns away towards the sea, but we are at this point going to turn back to the mountains and start climbing again. We are now entering the Frulian Alps. Different in character to the Dolomites, and a lot less tourists. It's really beautiful place to ride your bike.
There's a short section along a busier road, before we turn off again and drop down to the river and cross it. Here's a small, pretty road with no traffic, but we begin the most challenging climb of the whole trip.
After climbing up above the lake, there's a wooden bridge to a small traffic-free road that serpentines steeply up the mountain. Start easy, get into your rhytm and count out the hairpins. Up to Lorenzago di Cadore, a small pretty town that look's like it used to be a tourist hub, but now has fallen on harder times. Here we join the main road again, but there's almost no traffic - not even those convoys of fat middle-aged men on motorbikes. It's a beautiful climb. But a challenge if you are loaded with your camping gear. Stop occaisonly to "take in the view."
I stayed on the road the whole way up. It was challenging enough without attempting one of the tracks through the trees.
Finally at the top, there's a small bar where you can get a well deserved machiatto and a panino. The descent from here is fantastic. Sweeping bends and, with little traffic, you can choose your line through the hairpins. You'll be grinning and giggling all the way down.
I suggest stopping in Forni di Sopra for supplies, as the campsite at Stinsans is a bit remote.
There's one final climb to challenge your legs before reaching the campsite.