Montenars, a small town at the foot of the Julian Prealps north of Udine, is set in an unspoiled natural landscape of forests and rolling hills, marked by the presence of the Villanova caves and the lasting memory of the 1976 earthquake.
In the Giro d’Italia Women, the sharp ramp leading into the village measures 1.9 km at an average gradient of 9.1%, with maximum pitches of 16%, and comes just 20 km from the finish of the Bibione–Buja stage – making it the perfect launchpad for attacks, whether to shake off the sprinters or to anticipate the final showdown.