Day 1 of Crossing Italy ´09 starts at the beach of Follonica. Crossing a country coast to coast is committing and we need to get wet on our feet on both sides of the country. After getting a feeling of the temperature of the Mediterranean we are heading towards Montalcino on SS/SR439 as soon as we are out of the village. After 21 km we pass the picturesque village of Massa Marittima on the first hills of our route. We continue climbing the Tuscan hills and 30 km into the route we reach the highest point of todays' route at 586 altitude meters.
After 58 km we reach the village of Monticiano, a small town with merely 1100 inhabitants in Val de Merse. If we are lucky we find a cosy, little restaurant where we can enjoy today's lunch. After lunch we continue in the direction of Montalcino on SP32A
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