We leave Fonni and ride northwards to the main town of central Sardinia and one of the administrative capitals: Nuoro. The first 50km have a descending trend and even with some good climbs within, you lose about 1000m elevation.

From there we catch the first of the two main climbs of the day: 12 kilometres to Orune, and lately a an amazing climb along the - extraordinarily white - Molte Albo mountain range. Many of the peaks of that famous limestone bastion are over a thousand metres high; Mediterranean scrub is all around and evergreen. After a long descent, you'll find the valley of the Torpè lake and nowadays a park oasis: almost eight thousand hectares of unspoilt forests, trails, springs, rivers and ‘dunes’ in the territory of Bitti, Lodè, Posada.

Posada is another historical town that features a nice old town and one of Sardinia’s best preserved medieval fortresses - Castello della Fava - that rises up in the village and it's surrounded by ancient mysteries and legends. Looks amazing, doesn't it? That's why Posada is also the place where we've arranged for you accommodation in a three-star hotel.

What we like best - as cyclists - are those days on the bike where you get surprised by dramatic changes of setting. Today is one of these days! Left Orroli, the first 60km are on easy up-and-downs, as soon as we cross the SS131 - the main Sardinian highway road - we meet a long, totally flat section, crossing the cultivated areas of the central western Sardinia. As soon as we'll get to Guspini, we enter the ancient mines region of the southwest Sardinia: an area heavily interested by mining activities in the past centuries, and thus neglected by tourism. But since mines shut down, nature took back this land, mass tourism couldn't develop an area with no touristic infrastructure and... well, you just need to wait and see the amazing outcome of this historical process. From Guspini and forward we'll cycle along one of the wildest areas in the island and end the ride in an awesome and wild beach in Portixeddu. Today you'll sleep again by the sea, at a three-star hotel in Portixeddu.

If someone'd ask me what I'd still like to include in a dream cycle tour, I'd answer the west coast roads that goes along the old mining region between Fluminimaggiore and Nebida, and the long stretch that goes from Porto Teulada to the awesome and famous sandy beaches of Chia, in the westernmost part of the island. And that is right the roads you'll ride along on this last day. You mostly ride along the typical hilly coastline roads of Sardinia, on some of the nicest coastline roads in the world. The middle of the stage is easy on flat roads or rolling terrain. It's hard to describe what you'll see without piling up adjectives, exactly what these roads don't need. We just wish every guest to have the chance to ride, at least once in their lifetime, this series of up and downs by the sea, that makes cyclists meet coves, beaches and enjoy a stunning turquoise sea on their right. The trip ends in Pula, where overnight is! Dinner will be a great occasion to do something that happens at the end of our trips on Sardinia: arguing around which one of the stage was the best one. You will too find out that this can be much harder that a queen stage of the tour.