Stage 2 Solden to Brixen

Wow another amazing day! Beautiful morning start, sun was out and the forcast for Brixen ( in Itay ) was sun and 27degrees... Chris and I had moved up from group C to group B on yesterdays ride so we are moving in the right direction... Every day your combined time decides what group you start in..  So today started with a 1300 meter climb ride right out of town ...what a great warm up to the day ( kidding ) don't try this a home, we are professionals..... to peeked out at 2509....  We climbed for 25km, near the top we rode in between ice walls that were on either sides of the road, pretty cool... No pun intended! So with a climb like that one deserves a payoff,   How about a 27km down hill with switch back after switch back that never seem to end...... Crazy! Unfortunately in the Alps what goes down has to come back up again... Another 22km climb.... Nice! We kept in under control again and enjoyed the day smiling and joking all the way... Brixen is another beautiful town ... There seems to be a theme going on here, maybe that's why the Alps are so popular! We are staying at a hostel tonight, pretty nice, although no air conditioning which would have bin useful on such a hot night! It is had to pathom a harder climbing day then the two passes we went over today but apparently tomorrow is harder...