Italy Day 5 – Urbino
Today started with me feeling a little ill. I decided to ride anyway and hoped I’d feel better once I got going. The plan today was to head to Urbino. Bruce joined Chris and I, and our guide was Gianmaria once again.
There were a few decent climbs on the way out and I attacked them as usual, working hard on the way up and taking things a little easier on the descents. We made good progress through the Italian landscape, stopping briefly at the tops of the hills to regroup and making a water stop in Tavoleto before continuing on to Urbino.
Tavoleto
Urbino
Urbino is an impressive walled city and a World Heritage Site. We stopped to take some photos from a fortress on a hill overlooking the old city.
Urbino
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- Fort
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- Urbino Selfie
We met up with some other groups from the hotel within the ancient city walls and stopped in the square for coffee. There were plenty of tourists around. I was feeling worse than before so couldn’t make the most of the amazing cakes on offer.
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- Cakes
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- Inside Urbino
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- Setting off from Urbino
Gianmaria did his best Peter Sagan impression as he one-handed wheelied up over the steep cobbled street and under the archway out of Urbino. I felt sick all the way back but somehow was still riding OK. We stopped briefly at a viewpoint overlooking Riccione on the Panoramica Road and then rolled back to the hotel.
Panoramica Viewpoint
I was feeling even worse by now so cut back on eating during my afternoon snack, and during dinner. No wine for me either and despite the ibuprofen I gradually felt worse throughout the day.
It was still a good ride though through the amazing Italian scenery in gorgeous weather.
