HIGHLIGHTS Watch the penultimate and probably the most decisive stage of the 2015 Giro d’Italia as it finishes on the Colle di Sestriere Ride the Colle di Fenestrelle the day before the pros Three nights stay in Cesana Italy at the bottom of Sestriere Two nights stay in Bourg d’Oisans at the bottom of Alpe…
We recently had Max from Strava staying with us to write a blog regarding some hidden segments in the Oisans near Alpe d’Huez You can read the full Strava blog here http://blog.strava.com/eight-unknown-segments-around-alpe-dhuez-8670/ We have a selection of photos from the few days here https://www.flickr.com/photos/morethan21bends/sets/72157646409731552/
Neil from Australia sent this photo in of our group from the Tour de France climb week in July sat on or doorstep on departure day. A few tired legs but everyone had a great week despite the unseasonably wet weather. Should have joined us in September its been a fantastic early autumn here…
We recently featured in Cyclist Magazine big ride guide Alpe d’huez. The article originally featured in cyclist magazine in September 2013 and has this summer been published in German and English and probably a few other languages that we don’t know of
Women’s professional cycling has really taken off recently with events like La Course and the Women’s Tour of Britain. Nevertheless, it can still be quite daunting heading up Alpe d’huez as the only girl in an all male tour group. I often find myself plagued with thoughts such as “Am I going to be the…
Photo courtesy of Camille McMillan
So which hand built bike frame builders were up for our Alpe d’Huez framebuilders Challenge: Ricky Feather (Feather Cycles) Among British framebuilders Ricky Feather needs little introduction. Founder of Feather Cycles and based in North Yorkshire Ricky has been building exquisite head turning frames for a number of years. As well as framebuilding he is…
There is something very special about Alpe d’Huez and its infamous climb, it is not just that our hero’s of Le Tour have battled up it or that it is magnificent in its own right, it seems to me that part of its charm is that it is accessible. Anyone who wants to ride it…
It’s not often we get a customer review of one of our holidays in a magazine but we managed it this month and all the way from New Zealand! Nz Road Cyclist reader Tim and his partner stayed with us in May and rode some of the great cols with us on the Prompt carbon…
La marmotte 2014 has just left bourg d’oisans