Slovenia – Cycling from the Julian Alps to the Adriatic Sea

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who is the most popular cyclist in Slovenia I would still say it’s Primo more than Pacha yeah they’re close but you know Primos rogich was first and the story of Primos rogich is more of a Hollywood Story you know so uh people connect to him um very very yeah more than they did with with Pacha but of course um Pacha is the far best cyclist in the world so uh we should be proud of both uh yeah Slovenia has really beautiful rots for cycling uh because it has a lot of mountains beautiful roads scenery [Music] Waters makadam Kanye is graveling uh in Slovenian yeah what’s special about Slovenia um things are special but let’s say the the the in terms of cycling uh we use the term slovenia’s green so more than 60% of the land is covered by Forest meaning that we have a lot of gravel roads inside the forest to do the gravel I am Tad from padot cycling helping with the logistic stuff for a glorious gravel event in Slovenia where are we in Slovenia uh we are now in very Northwest part of of Slovenia close to kagara I’m mik kofia I’m the owner of padot cycling uh today we are in bohin uh so Lake bin the the largest Alpine Lake in Slovenia it’s in the Julian Alps the natural park tro so we start directly in the heart of the Julian Alps um we are traveling through through the mountains the julan mountains and we finish in the end at the Adriatic [Music] Sea we’re in Slovenia in the Julian Alps we’re on a glorious gravel trip we’re currently on the prologue 20K just to test the bikes out yeah beautiful surroundings and nice to be riding in the mountains [Applause] that’s incredible that backdrop isn’t [Music] [Music] it is it cold James it’s freezing that’s it that’s it you know it’s good for [Music] you we were there yesterday uh today we are leaving kagara and have a nice steady ride to Lake bled and from Lake bled we take a um long gravel uh climb to plateau yovita and then we descend to Lake bin nice day riding beautiful scenery beautiful weather ready for a Day always ready if you’d like to make your decisions now guys you can choose between our two great guides we’re just leaving CR Gora and heading out on a 90 km route for stage one of Glorious gravel Slovenia it’s a bit overcast but I think the sun’s going to come out later yeah looking forward to a good day on the bike enjoying the climbing oh I love it it no it’s really pretty [Music] [Music] fres in the there’s a rope swing have you enjoyed the riding so far yeah yeah today was nice barely had to Pedal apart from a few steep yeah yeah there was a bit in the middle that was a bit of a wake up call absolutely amazing good swim yeah really good really good woo oh nice some warm here [Music] [Music] how you feeling still so good mate yeah uh keeping the uh keep pushing that’s you trick isn’t it yeah [Applause] [Music] glad to be at the top of the clim yes we’re all over this like a cheap [Music] [Applause] suit what was the highlight of your day definitely The Descent last bit Yeah U made all the uh all the uphill worthwhile good see all the different techniques here isn’t there you got like the jet watch approach fre col BR I’m ready for today yeah very excited can’t wait sun shining it’s going to be a beautiful day anything you’re looking forward to the desense the desense uh the climbs are fantastic they’re hard work but satisfying but the descent is the real reward glad to be in the mountains I am look at that still snow up [Music] there we first we are going to Lake bohin and then we will take a climb to beautiful Village Shepherd Village Zam Niki yeah I don’t even know what that is to yeah oh mate that’s [Music] epic yeah boy yeah baby we’ve ridden along the shores of Lake bin and we’re now heading up the big climb of the day after passing through feed stop one yeah sun is still [Music] shining this is brilliant cold shower halfway up the climb couldn’t be better [Music] enjoying it though uh overall yes definitely points where I was like oh just going to off now yeah but you get views like this it’s not yeah it’s amazing thank it’s very don’t want it had a lovely lunch stop homemade IC tea some pasta and a Slovenian version of apple strudel absolutely delicious and now back on the the gravel roads and uh hopefully the rest of the day is pretty rolling and um gradually [Music] downhill he go go go why is Slovenia so big in the professional pelaton now what’s what makes Slovenia so good to like produce what talonia has now uh it’s a million dollar question but I would say um it’s just the tradition that we have uh hardw working uh from the junior age uh in the past we we already had a very good cyclist uh and they basically made the foundation with uh with their academies uh and yeah they just find a way how how to teach the kids to do the the great cycling and then of course you need to have a talent to to fulfill everything did you have a good day yeah really good it’s pretty hard highlights getting here having me dinner later I think you can’t be grumpy at uh views like this can here yeah just the ride in on that tarmac is pretty amazing yeah it was good and of course good company all go great unbelievable best ever end to a ride um lots of downhill and then a cold dip in the river only improvements the um River temperature needs to be warmed up for next year please ‘s going to lead the way down there we’re going to stay as all as one group just go down to the train station then when we get to the other side we’ll obiously split into our normal riding groups we get the other side em you would like to lead off we are in binsa today we first take the ride with the train we will uh take the longest San tunnel over 6K uh we are leaving mountains we are leaving Al region and we will uh exit in a train station M Nai then we will start cycling along the the emerald green SOA River a train ride under the Julian helps heading down towards the Mediterranean in the Adriatic today looking forward to [Music] [Applause] [Music] it we’re riding along a beautifully smooth bike path better than any UK road with a river alongside this Kazakhstan blue and we’re about just under 20K till lunch [Music] [Applause] [Music] almost over the the big climb of the day the rest of the day is pretty rolling and hopefully we get to see some white horses at the end they’re going to be in the stable for the horses by the time we get there no dancing horses Fe you Josh today today we will finish in lipit which is famous for its um white horses lipit Sans which are usually um trained for um Royal ceremonies in Austria is that yeah yeah exactly yeah how was it today I loved it I just thought it was amazing I know everyone else thought that they would finish earlier but that last bit was awesome you mustn’t miss it you ready for the last day yeah I’m really ready for the last day really excited about the last day got my new Slovenia top on would you like to see that it’s all right it yeah no dead excited so it’s going to be a good day definely going to be a good day still quite a bit climbing today but it’s basically all down here all the way to the coast to the Adriatic to the coast yeah and we’re just going to jump I’m just going to ped straight into the sea forecast down by the coast is 28° so it’s going to be like really hot as you get down there just make sure you’re drinking pling make sure you take off few water Bots as you go past SCH up the stops last day of riding in [Music] Slovenia hey there having fun enjoying it well kind of enjoying it I’ll enjoy it more on the way down good rolling start I do love bikes [Music] put your hands in your Fe good day so far yes very good lot ofs enjoying the Descent um more than the ascents yes really good so yeah onwards to lunch [Music] [Music] just passed through the lunch stop tasting the local delicacy of sausage soup and now heading up a Burg and then we’ll be hopefully heading gradually downhill towards the coast Full Belly going up a clim not [Music] ideal little bit uphill down to the [Music] [Music] seaside the Julian Alps to the Adriatic Sea boom I was been amazing riding in Slovenia even just saw a picture of T Bacha 7K left two more small climbs and then a descent to the coast and I’m really looking forward to a dip in the sea that was to that was the most stop Tak a photo kind of day wasn’t it day two not including the prologue if you day three with the prologue that was amazing well the first he on day one was great but on day two he just eclip it didn’t it [Music] this