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Date: "2025-04-05"
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# Long ride — 2025-04-05
Solo long ride. 93km, 1311m elevation.

## Notes
- April riding is the best — warm enough for summer kit, cool enough for hard efforts. 20°C, light clouds, gentle breeze.
- Rode through the Chianti hills toward Lecchi in Chianti and then up the steep back road to Badia a Coltibuono.
- The Badia road from the east is a proper climb — 5km at 7.5% average through dense chestnut forest. Beautiful and brutal.
- Wildflowers everywhere. Yellow broom, red poppies, purple irises. The roadsides look like an Impressionist painting.
- Power meter showed a new 20-minute best: 285W at 72kg. That's just under 4.0 W/kg. The target is getting closer.
- Stopped at the Badia a Coltibuono wine estate. They have a small bar for cyclists — espresso and a view over the Arno valley.
