Tour de Fleece

Stage 4: Pinerolo to Valloire

The riders are back in France! Start: Pinerolo End: Valloire Distance: 87 miles (139.6 kilometers) Type: Mountain Elevation change: 3600m You have to be careful when you're driving around this area - not everyone...

Stage 3: Plaisance to Turin

In this leg the riders briefly enter France before heading back south to Italy. Start: Plaisance End: Turin Distance: 142 miles (230.5 kilometers) Type: Flat Elevation change: 1100m France is home to some...

Stage 2: Cesenatico to Bologne

  Start: Cesenatico End: Bologne Distance: 124 miles (198.7 kilometers) Type: Hilly Elevation change: 1850m The area around Bologne is home to to the Corniegliese sheep. They were originally bred for wool but were later cross-bred...

Stage 1: Florence to Rimini

  Start: Florence End: Rimini Distance: 128 miles (206 kilometers) Type: Hilly Elevation change: 3600m And we're off! The riders will take off from Florence at noon local time and...

Tour de Fleece 2024 - Welcome!

Welcome, spinners (and knitters and crocheters)! This is the welcome/introduction post for the 2024 Tour de Fleece.  Tour de Fleece is an annual challenge in which participants spin (or knit...