The climb up from the asphalt side of the Majella Pescarese rise to Blockhaus entered the legend of cycling thanks to some mythical stages of the Tour of Italy, the climbs on dirt are less known to the general public but more hard and tiring .
The route is repeated every year by friends of Inside Bike Team December 26 to dispose of gargantuan Christmas lunches typical of Abruzzo.
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It starts Serramonacesca at an altitude of 276 m along the main road, and after the first steep tear you reach the intersection (345 meters 42 º 14,546 'N 014 º 05 .521 'E) that leads to the beautiful church of San Liberatore a Majella, here you go right. From this point on, always uphill, follow the main road until you reach the junction with the road that leads from the village of Manoppello (714 m above sea level 42 º 13,847 'N 014 º 04,635' E), then take the road on the left always uphill.
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We will skip the detour to the hermitage of Sant 'Onofrio Serramonacesca (755 m altitude, 42 º 13,768' N 014 º 04,907 'E), and continue forever for the apparent road, go around the Beech Hill, you will reach a stazzo, and then the plans Tarica (1323 meters 42 º 11,614 'N 014 º 05,969' E) where you can finally breathe a sigh of relief and following the track briefly reached the main road (42 º 11,372 'N 014 º 06,068' E), and then Passo Lanciano (1310 meters).
