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Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate

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1 review/story | Elevation profile | 2 photos
In some places the road surface of this climb is bad, but it can be ridden with a road bike.
Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate
Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate
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Elevation profile Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate
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Statistics

Difficulty points 90
Length 0.5 km
Average gradient 13.2%
Steepest 100 meters 16.5%
Total ascent 66m

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Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate is a climb in the region Lombardy. It is 0.5km long and bridges 66 vertical meters with an average gradient of 13.2%, resulting in a difficulty score of 90. The top of the ascent is located at 264 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 1 review/story of this climb and uploaded 2 photos.

Road name: Via Alzaia Naviglio

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Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate
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7 Mo 4.0 00:03:18 (9.1km/h)
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A toasty climb, not very long, but very dry, until recently a must - in the true sense of the word - for those travelling along the Adda cycle route from Lecco, due to the modernisation work on the spectacular San Michele bridge, visible a little to the south, which prevented transit under the archway. Normally, as now, it is possible to avoid this climb before the entrance by turning left near the power station and continuing on the towpath.
The ascent is generally not very busy, but watch out for vehicular traffic near the restaurant. In itself it is not particularly "interesting" from my point of view: it is a "straight" whose gradient increases and is at its steepest right near the Ristorante Toscano, which gives its name to this climb, popular with local cyclists; being however challenging in terms of gradient it is highly recommended for lovers
(like me :) ) of double-digit gradients. Much more beautiful and iconic, however, is the "twin" cobblestone wall of Paderno, which resembles an authentic northern wall and is always taken on the Adda cycle route (if coming from the north you decide to avoid the Toscano, once you pass under the bridge and stay on the same side, after a hundred metres or so in gravel the ramp begins).
Both climbs, which, along with others, are part of the various routes made famous locally by the Martesana van Vlaanderen (https://www.martesanavanvlaanderen.it/), nevertheless lead to the top of the splendid San Michele bridge (one of the symbols of Italian industrial archaeology, designed by Röthlisberger, who also designed the Becca bridge over the Ticino). In both cases, the effort is definitely repaid by the splendid view from the bridge over the Robbiate dam and, on fine days, towards the mountains to the north (Resegone and Valcava) that frame the Adda valley.
Last thing: if you have a suitable bike, the advice is to ride the cycle route and thus observe a little further south the landscapes dear to Leonardo da Vinci, which - it is said - formed the backdrop for the famous painting of the Virgin of the Rocks.

Salita tostarella, non lunghissima, ma molto secca, fino a poco tempo fa un tempo un must - nel vero senso della parola - per chi percorreva la ciclovia dell'Adda da Lecco, a causa dei lavori di ammodernamento dello spettacolare ponte san Michele, visibile poco più a sud, che impedivano il transito sotto l'arcata. Normalmente, come ora, si può eventualmente evitare questa salita prima dell'imbocco piegando a sinistra nei pressi della centrale, e proseguendo sull'alzaia.
La salita di per sé non è particolarmente "interessante" dal mio punto di vista: è un "drittone" la cui pendenza va crescendo ed è massima proprio nei pressi del Ristorante Toscano, che dà il nome a questa salita, popolare tra i ciclisti locali; essendo comunque impegnativa per pendenza è consigliatissima agli amanti
(come me :) ) delle pendenze a doppia cifra - in genere la strada è poco trafficata, ma attenzione al traffico veicolare nei pressi del ristorante.
Molto più bello e iconico è invece il muro "gemello" di Paderno in ciottoli che ricorda un autentico muro del nord e si prende sempre sulla ciclovia dell'Adda (se venendo da nord si decide di evitare il Toscano, una volta che si passa sotto il ponte e si rimane sullo stesso lato, dopo un centinaio di metri in ghiaia comincia la rampa).
Entrambe le salite, che, assieme ad altre, fanno parte dei vari percorsi resi famosi localmente dalla Martesana van Vlaanderen (https://www.martesanavanvlaanderen.it/), portano comunque in cima allo splendido ponte di san Michele (uno dei simboli dell'archeologia industriale italiana, progettato da Röthlisberger, ideatore anche del ponte della Becca sul Ticino). In entrambi i casi la fatica è decisamente ripagata dalla splendida vista dal ponte sulla diga di Robbiate dall'alto e, nelle belle giornate, verso le montagne a nord (Resegone e Valcava) che fanno da cornice alla valle dell'Adda.
Ultima cosa: per chi ha una bici adatta il consiglio è di percorrere la ciclovia e osservare così poco più a sud da vicino i paesaggi cari a Leonardo da Vinci che - si dice - abbiano fatto da sfondo al celebre dipinto della Vergine delle rocce.

Muro del Toscano from Diga di Robbiate
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Climbing times

7 km/h 00:04:18
11 km/h 00:02:44
15 km/h 00:02:00
19 km/h 00:01:35

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