THE 2013 ETAPE DU TOUR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN Everyone knows that next years Etape du Tour should have taken in the route from GAP to ALPE d’HUEZ and because next years event also clashes with our very own La Marmotte Gran Fondo sportive we have decided to run our own L’Etape du Tour weekend…
We try and get a photo at the start of our Cycling Tour week. Here are a selection of them from this year. Each year we take group bookings, singles and couples. Our cycling season starts in March in Andalucia before transferring back to our main base in Bourg d’Oisans between the end of April until Mid…
Photos from the last day of our last tour of 2012 over the Col du Galibier and Col du Telegraphe
ColdeSarenne, a photo by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. We had an unusual experience on the Col de Sarenne yesterday with a couple of horses who were very keen to talk carbon bikes with us.
Late September is great here in the Oisans and we invited a couple of More Than 21 Bends friends over for some end of season cycling. We set off at 8:20 to ride La Marmotte route backwards with a slight little twist. First off was the Col du Lautaret and Col du Galibier followed by…
For the first time in the history the Col du Galibier and the Col du Telegraphe will be used in the Giro d’Italia. Stage 15 on the 19th May 2013 will see only the second summit finish of the Col du Galibier in a Grand Tour. We will be there to watch all the action…
Tour of the Oisans Day 3 Galibier September, a set on Flickr. Photos from our first ride over the Col du Galibier in September
We have discovered something new here this year on our cycling tours – Strava. Last year it was not mentioned at all, this year well its talked about nearly as much as Rapha gear, is it to expensive ? and the Lance Armstrong did he or did he not debate. We tend to join in…
[flickr video=7767050712 show_info=true secret=3abec3f3ee w=500 h=375] Col de la Croix de Fer descent with yell a video by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. Take a look (and listen) to this video to see how much fun our cycling holidays are.
The last day of our Route des Grandes Alpes took in the Col de Turini and the Col de Castillon