We took our 7 Australian guests upto the Col de la Madeleine (part of our Marmotte Big Col Tour) today to watch the Tour de France go by.
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Photos from our final day on the More Than 21 Bends Marmotte Big Col Tour starting from Les Deux Alpes – taking in Alpe d’Huez before returning to Bourg d’Oisans.
After our rest day on day 4 we left Briançon for Les Deux Alpes via the Col du Lautaret.
On a wet Day 3 we tackled the Col du Telegraphe and the Col du Galibier before finishing in Briançon.
More photos from our ride from Bourg d’Oisans toLa Chambre via the Col du Glandon.
Some photos of our guests “enjoying” themselves on Day 1 of the Big Col Tour taking in the Col de la Morte and the Col d’Ornon.
photos from todays stage through Bourg d’Oisans and up Alpe d’Huez
There is still lots of snow on the Col du Galibier and only the tunnel is currently open. We cross over the Col du Galibier as part of the Big Col Tour in June
Made my first cycle ride up the Col d’Izoard this year in preperation for the Big Col Tour that we run in June. The pass had only just open and there was still plenty of snow at 2360 metres above sea level.
On Thursday of this week I made the trip from our base in Bourg d’Oisans to Sault at the base of Mont Ventoux. I took the beautiful ride a long the gorge to Bedoin – where I turned right and started the long climb up to Mont Ventoux. I chose this route as its meant…