Stage 8b: Towards Vinschgau

In the morning, we had the Penserhoch (the French would translate it as the thinking yoke) on the program without luggage. Back in Sterzing, we watched the JWOC sprint in Portugal. As dessert, we followed the Jaufenpass with 1100m elevation gain, just a little less than in the morning. From there, we went down almost 40 km to Meran and continued the ascent to Vinschgau where we took the train from Töll (after 100 km and 2500m elevation gain). We stayed overnight in Prad at the foot of the Stilserjoch where tomorrow our royal stage with Umbrail (almost for free) and Ofen is on the program.