The route
L'Eroica
Next edition3-4 October 2026
A 210.1 km loop from Gaiole in Chianti, through Siena and Buonconvento, up to 624 m at its highest point.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 210.1 km
- Elevation gain
- 4,189 m
- Highest point
- 624 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 43
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The long route starts in Gaiole in Chianti, at 352 m, with a staggered start between 4:30 and 6:00 a.m. It passes the Castello di Brolio, then drops to Siena, at 240 m, at kilometer 36. It then climbs back toward Poggio Allodola, at 271 m, at kilometer 52.9. It alternates white gravel roads and secondary paved roads, through the Chianti hills, the Crete Senesi and the Val d'Orcia.
After Poggio Allodola, the road climbs to the route's highest point, at 624 m, at kilometer 83.7: a 493 m climb from kilometer 69.4, the longest of the day. It then descends toward Lucignano d'Asso, at 367 m, at kilometer 110, and on to Buonconvento, at 147 m, at kilometer 123.8.
From Buonconvento, the route climbs back toward Poggio Montecercone, at 293 m, at kilometer 158.3, then the village of Vagliagli, at 497 m, at kilometer 189.6. It closes its loop in Gaiole in Chianti, at 355 m, at kilometer 210.1, after a total elevation gain of 4,189 m.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
This Tuscan loop, from Gaiole in Chianti to its highest point at 624 m and back, takes shape in contour lines, drawn with a pen plotter in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.