It is no coincidence that the most famous bike events cross this enchanting alpine landscape: the Giro d’Italia and the Giro del Trentino together with the most important lap of the international Tour of Austria, which has a stop in the climbers’ village of Prägraten am Großvenediger in the middle of the National Park Hohe Tauern Tyrol.
You can ride the Dolomites on your bike to prove your physical condition. Touring the wild and romantic Lienzer Dolomites, the European region with more respect for the environment, you will enjoy unforgettable biking hours. The perfect organisation and the enthusiastic inhabitants make the tour of the Dolomites on a bike the favourite tourist route of all Austria. You will feel the atmosphere of the Giro when you see thousands of spectators along the 112 km route, several music bands in the centre of the villages and the warm welcome when you reach the main square of Lienz.
Cycling Adventures in East Tyrol
It’s easy to assume that cycling was invented in East Tyrol: nowhere else can you find such a diverse range of terrain in such a small area as in this region of the Alps. Therefore it’s no surprise that many of Europe’s major cycling events are held in East Tyrol: the Giro d‘Italia includes a stage that runs through the region’s picturesque mountains and the most challenging part of the Tour of Austria (Internationale Österreich Radrundfahrt) runs through the village of Prägraten – famous for mountaineering – in the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park.
