Croce d'Aune Pass – Pedavena Brewery loop from Passo Croce d'Aune

Croce d'Aune Pass – Pedavena Brewery loop from Passo Croce d'Aune

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Croce d'Aune Pass – Pedavena Brewery loop from Passo Croce d'Aune

01:45

27.2km

770m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 12.5 km for 171 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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13 m

Monument to Tullio Campagnolo on the Croce d'Aune

Highlight • Monument

According to Gianni Brera's story in "The giant and the file", Tullio Campagnolo had the intuition that – as he is thought to have said in Vicenza dialect – «something must be changed from the air» on 4 November 1924 on the Croce d'Aune pass , during the Victory Grand Prix.

Tullio Campagnolo, then a cyclist who ran without a team, as an independent, going up towards the Croce d'Aune he has several mechanical problems and is convinced that something must have changed. He will invent the ancestors of bicycle derailleurs which are still used all over the world.

Today on the Croce d'Aune pass there is a monument dedicated to him, which recalls that moment. A minimal inscription reads: «Tullio Campagnolo – Inventor».

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Croce d'Aune Pass

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The Croce d'Aune pass (1,011 m) is an alpine pass in the Dolomites in the province of Belluno, which connects the Feltre basin, and in particular Pedavena, with the Sovramonte plateau. It is a saddle located north of Mount Avena and south of the Vette Feltrine. It can be reached via the former Strada Statale 473 di Croce d'Aune which rises from Sovramonte through the Ausor valley and descends to Pedavena through the Porcilla valley. Croce d'Aune has become famous in the history of cycling because, during a cycling competition in 1927, the athlete Tullio Campagnolo had difficulties in removing the rear wheel of his bicycle due to unfavorable weather. That episode inspired him with the idea of the quick release, patented in 1930 and later the workhorse of Campagnolo, a bicycle components company founded by the same in 1933. To remember that episode there is a monument dedicated to him today on the pass, work of the Belluno sculptor Massimo Facchin. Campagnolo itself in the eighties produced a medium-high range rear derailleur called "Croce d'Aune".
Furthermore, since 1964, Croce d'Aune has been repeatedly touched by the Giro d'Italia. When the road was still unpaved, it was not uncommon for cyclists to puncture several times between uphill and downhill.

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9.25 km

Pedavena Brewery

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Stopping in the brewery is mandatory for a snack with typical dishes proposed as well as the famous and very good 🍺 centenary beer, in short, I highly recommend it.

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12.4 km

Bike path in central Feltre

Highlight • Cycleway

Very nice, quite an suggestive road to climb. No cars allowed.

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12.6 km

Church of St John of Nepomuk (Feltre)

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Built by a Venetian architect in the 18th century, according to tradition this church protects Feltre from floods and floods.

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12.7 km

Imperial Gate (Feltre)

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Originally called Porta Comerda, it was given the name Porta imeriale by the people, since every emperor entered the city through this gate. First built in the late 15th century as part of the city's defences, it was stylistically modified in the 16th century to give it its current appearance. Nice sight when you are here.

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13.2 km

Piazza Maggiore, Feltre

Highlight • Historical Site

On the top of the Capre hill, the summit on which old Feltre was built, Piazza Maggiore is one of the most beautiful and characteristic squares in Italy. From this which is the heart of the citadel you can admire, for example, the castle of Alboino and the church of San Rocco.

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13.4 km

Porta Oria (Entrance to Historic Feltre)

Highlight • Historical Site

Ancient gate of the city of Feltre, along via Lorenzo Luzzo you pass under this fascinating arch which has remained intact since 1502. It leads to the district of the same name and under it there are the logos of the four districts of the city.

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27.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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