Monferrato Gravel: Acqui

Piedmont

97km ↔️

2 days 📅

45% unpaved 🚵‍♂️

840m D+ ↗️

840m D- ↘️

400m asl ⛰

🗺 Alessandria (AL)

📅 February – November

Activities

🔎 Overview

Monferrato’s hidden gem. The gravel bike is perfect to discover the less crowded countryside roads. The 5km stretch before Castel Bormida is a real highlight for fast gravellers, with an adventurous ford on the Bormida river. Approaching the hills of Acqui Terme, the landscape changes and you enter a world of narrow valleys and steep hills covered with vineyards. The stunning views are a well deserved reward for the effort on the challenging steeps. Last highlight: the woods after Mombaruzzo, pure cyclocross style 🚴‍♀️ 🚴 🚴‍♂️

👀 Our advices

The only important suggestion is to use at leats 40mm tires as the Bombaruzzo CX when wet would be impossible to do otherwise.

📸 Points of interest

Alessandria
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Bormida river
—and its ford after Rivalta

Straight gravel segment
—really fast, after Sezzano

Acqui Terme
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La Bollente
—termal fountain in Acqui Terme

Wineyards climbing towards Alice Bel Colle
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Viewpoints and Big Bench around Alice Bel Colle
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CX-style woods
—after Bombaruzzo

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Developed by: Ian