On another glorious day on our Alpe d’Huez and Ventoux week here in the Oisans we took in the climb over Villard Reculas down Alpe d’Huez and then on to Freney d’Oisans – better known to us as the Traverse d’Oisans.
Due to the lack of snow this year we ditched our usual ride up the Col du Glandon on day 2 of our Alpe d’Huez Mont Ventoux week for the just opened Col du Galibier.
A slight change of itinary today on our Alpe d’Huez and Mont Ventoux trip saw us take in the Col de Sarenne instead of our usual Col d’Ornon route. We still started with the mighty Alpe d’Huez though!
The Col du Galibier has opened today some 2 weeks earlier than normal
Some photos from the Cotwold Classic Sportive start in Cirencester england 2011. My new PROMPT frame is looking rather nice.
Last ride in the UK before retuning back to Bourg d’Oisans last night. I went out with my brother in law over the purbecks. We started off by crossing over the poole studland ferry before taking in a big loop over Worth Matravers and Corfe castle.
We have been in the UK visiting friends and family and stocking up our supplies for Enjoy Oisans. While here I decided to tackle the Yeovil to Bournemouth ride through the fantastic quiet country lanes. The ride is just under 50 miles and I stayed with my parents in Bournemouth and hooked up with my brother in law and…
Beautiful weather here in the oisans at the moment so I decided to tackle the out and back route to Briançon over the Col du Lautaret from Bourg d’Oisans. The round trip is approximately 130KM and took me just over 5 hours. The Col du Lautaret sits at the bottom of the Col du Galibier…
We are taking a short trip back to the UK in April and I have entered (what would have been one of my local sportives) the Cotswold Spring Classic on easter monday. I will be using the long distance route as part of my training for our forthcomming 2011 cycling holiday season here in Bourg…
We have had some milder weather here in the Oisans in February meaning I have been out “training” for our hectic summer of cycling tours. On sunday I cycled up Alpe d’Huez and did a little skiing afterwards. On tuesday I took my new Prompt D211 bike out for its first spin and did my favourite route…