In my
last post, I suggested that the Rettenbachferner mountain in stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour would be the highest climb taken on by the UCI ProTour this season. My comment was based on press release information from the
tour site but it seems that they were a few metres short.
Reader Rob Huber, has pointed out that in the 88th Giro Ciclistico d'Italia last May, the tour tackled the legendary Stelvio at an altitude of 2758m. Coming in at a mere 2684m the Rettenachferner has to settle for second place.
The error has been propagated in the press since the news release in July and it's nice to set the record straight.
Take a look at Francis Cooke and Sheila Simpson's Virtual Alps to see what the Stelvio is all about but not if you suffer from acrophobia!
