Day 3 of our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour took us from our overnight stay in Briançon to Pinerolo in Italy via the Col de Montgenevre and the Colle di Sestriere. The day includes a 50km descent from the top of Sestriere to Pinerolo where Voeckler had his lucky escape in the 2011 Tour de…
Todays ride from our base in Bourg d’Oisans started with the famous 21 bends of Alpe d’Huez before heading over the Col de Sarenne to the base of the Col du Lautaret. The 30km ascent of the Col du Lautaret was tough but once at the top it was a 28KM descent to our overnight…
Day 1 of our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour took in the Col du Glandon and Col de la Croix de Fer. We have professional photographer Rupert Hartley staying with us for the week on the tour and he has been taking some great photos that will be used on our new website and also…
Photos from our recent trip over the Col d’Izoard We cover the eastern climb on our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour and the western climb on our Marmotte Big Col Tour.
We spent the day driving our Italian leg of the Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour in August making last minute adjustments and plans for August. Our ride starts in Pinerolo on Day 5 and takes in a beautiful (unnamed) technical climb over approximately 11KM before hitting the slopes of the giant Col d’Agnel. From here its…
Busy couple of days here for us getting our 7 guests over to Modane for the start of the 2011 Modane to Alpe d’Huez Etape du Tour. We started with a trip over the Col du Galibier on the Sunday so that everyone could get there entries. We set everyone off at the Col du…
Photos from Day 3 of our Marmotte Tour on the Col du Galibier and Alpe d’Huez
Photos from Day 2 of our Marmotte Tour taking in the Col du Glandon and the Col du Telegraphe
Marmotte Tour day 1 Photos from the Traverse d’Oisans.
We tacked Alpe d’Huez today and after lunch at bend 16 the Traverse d’Oisans towards Freney d’Oisans