2025 has been a year filled with excitement and great success for Berici Climbs. The Brevetto dei Berici, now in its second official season (third if considering the 2023 edition), attracted an extraordinary turnout of 130 participants, 57 of whom reached the Olympus of 100 climbs, earning them a place in the Berici Climbs Hall of Fame! The female component was strong, with several American cycling enthusiasts, both male and female, joining the ranks, who thanks to Berici Climbs have discovered many new and wonderful places in our region. In addition to the great success of the Brevetto dei 100 climbs, 2025 also saw the launch of the innovative Team Race competition. A total of 11 teams participated in the first edition. A...

An evening to discuss the future of cycling tourism in Vicenza. An evening dedicated to cycling tourism in Vicenza brought together administrators and industry players to present three key projects: Berici Climbs, B&C, and Hubbici. Together, they outline a shared vision to enhance the Berici Hills through trails, communities, and new cycling experiences. A special evening, created to celebrate a region that continues to believe in the power of sport, the outdoors, and slow mobility. In the heart of the Berici Hills, in the splendid setting of the Villa Michelangelo hotel in Arcugnano (VI), administrators, professionals, and enthusiasts gathered to share visions and projects that are redefining the way of experiencing and promoting these lands. An event packed with talks, testimonials, and innovations that confirm how cycling tourism...

Today we are publishing an important restyling of the Berici Climbs project that in the year just ended saw the light through this magnificent web portal and began to make itself known and involve dozens and dozens of people! 2024 THE SUCCESS OF A VISION 2024 sealed the first fantastic edition of the BREVETTO DEI BERICI contest, here are the numbers of the first season: 117 Registered 104 participants who completed at least one climb 40 Finishers who won the Brevetto dei Berici € 2.333 Euros collected and donated to the Michele Scarponi Foundation! Media Berici Climbs has had numerous opportunities for visibility thanks also to a splendid press conference at the Veneto Region in Venice. Numerous articles have been published both in paper form...

THE NEW INCREDIBLE SITE 2026! After two seasons, a brand new website is born, packed with new features and new content, the result of the many kilometers traveled in these two years and of many experiences in the field. Here are all the new features: Extended Area: the Berici Climbs park area is extended! To the southeast, the heights of Albettone and Lovertino, the hills that form the transition to the Euganean Hills, have been included, while to the northwest we have included a transition area towards the Prealps that includes part of the Castellari Mountains from Montecchio Maggiore (western limit) to Monteviale (northern limit). 100 new climbs, all on asphalt for road bikes, more than 30% of brand new climbs have been introduced and...

Created with the eyes of the cycle tourist This portal is not a simple website but a great little Expo to let the world know about the beauty of the Berici Hills! The foundations of bericiclimbs.com were created by putting yourself in the shoes of a cycle tourist eager for new discoveries and adventures, totally unaware of where and what the Berici Hills are and above all of the wonder contained in over 165 square kilometres. The cycle tourist wants to plan their trip in detail and the site allows you to do so in a simple, intuitive way but at the same time provides all the tools to plan one or more days inside the Berici Climbs park offering itineraries, climbs, fantastic locations to visit , maps, altitude profiles, videos, photos, GPX tracks...

As a boy, that red polka dot shirt fascinated me partly because of its originality and partly because it resembled the pimpa, an evergreen cartoon that I had always liked. These were the years of the Diablo Claudio Chiappucci who frolicked on the epic climbs of the Tour de France, conquering podiums and wearing red polka dot jerseys, the jersey of the leader of the Gran Boucle climbers. The shirt was a symbol of exploits, of true effort and of peaks conquered through legendary feats. After a few years, the Pirate, the myth, Marco Pantani arrived, and these days marks the twentieth anniversary of his death. Marco brought many people to cycling, including myself, he made the effort popular, and thanks to...