Colle delle Finestre Descent (in full) - Cycling Inspiration & Education

Joining the Val di Susa in the north with the Val Chisone in the south, the Colle delle Finestre is a cycling icon like no other made famous by the 2005 Giro d'Italia. Make it to its summit and you're in for a treat beyond words. Take a moment to recover and enjoy the view then buckle up for what can only be described as a white-knuckle rollercoaster on two wheels! Fortunately from this side it's all asphalt (albeit somewhat beaten up by the bottom) with tight turns and virtually no traffic it's something of a masterpiece after such a hard climb.
Length: 11.2km
Summit: 2,178m
Valley: 1,418m
Elevation drop: 760m
Average gradient: 6.8%
Max gradient: 10%
Thank you to our partners Mavic, Cannondale, Exposure Lights, Fi’zi:k, Haute Route, Lezyne, Map My Tracks, Muc Off, Scicon, The Sufferfest, TORQ and USE for enabling us to bring these truly special mountains to life for you all. If you're in need of new bike kit in the future and you enjoyed this video then bear them in mind and help keep the wheels turning :-)
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[@razcohen5590]

I love when you upload the descent as well as the ascent! Great stuff!! Keep 'em coming please! And of course from here on to the climb up to Sestriere!

[@jirvinjirvin]

Brutal, as usual. Thanks for the inspiration and keep going!

[@yanniskouretas8688]

Awesome vistas , the Alps are a dream ....

[@Honorarkonsul1081]

unbelievable sights. can´t imagine how much fun this must have been.

[@bikes8292]

Absolutely inspirational and stunning, Mike you are the best at what you do!

[@Bluesman2509]

Spectacular views and skillful descending!

[@ILikePlayingMelee]

WOW what a gorgeous descent!

[@fiddleronthebike]

2 great videos - again! Thanks Mike!!!

[@williamsham0]

You guys even do descents right, many out on YT seem to get it wrong -- bravo and cheers, inspiring stuff! Maybe one day...

[@fib3471]

Fantastic video - so very beautiful. Would be great to know the songs which accompany it please :)

[@Zoboomafool]

Amazing videos, both of them! Love what you guys do and find this channel incredibly informative. One question - what was the last song that began around 8:35?

[@langy8525]

Stunning! Adam Peace agrees

[@RixterNow]

Awesome. Having barriers wouldn't make any difference if you lost it.

[@jonasdecraene7908]

On the cockpit views with the handlebar in sight, were do you mount the action cam? Straight up on the stem? I did this one in July too, unfortunately in the fog and between way too much touring 4x4's...

[@MikeCotty]

Jonas Decraene yep, mounted on the stem. Seems to work pretty ok there.

[@legstrongv]

What is the music at 8:32 ?? It's beautiful!!

[@philippebelair3372]

Merci...THANKS A+

[@garygbur3992]

What is the name of the first song? Awesome Video!

[@interactive3d434]

Why did you increase speed of video?

[@dodjie70]

🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️ nice 👍

[@alexsunmee3822]

hi, but there is no gravel here?

[@matteofornero4326]

No gravel from the Chisone Valley side (south). The gravel section is in the Susa Valley side (north). To be honest there is an alternative way up to the Finestre from the village of Depot in Chisone Valley (south) which implies climbing up to Pra Catinat on tarmac and then switch on gravel to join the main road at Pian dell'Alpe (more or less 3km below the summit...always on the south side). This last option is the least known and least used because the gravel segment is in very poor conditions so riding it with a normal road bike could be a problem because of rocks and dirt on the road (compared to it the gravel section on northern side is a highway).

[@alexsunmee3822]

Matteo Fornero thank you for the informations!