01 October 2016 to 07 October 2016 Overview Tour Itinerary Saturday – Arrive from 4PM Sunday – Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne plus a little hidden extra (80KM taking in part of the 2014 Tour de France) Monday – Bourg d’Oisans to Briançon over the Col du Lautaret and a detour to the…
Category: Alpe d’Huez to Italy
Col de l’Echelle, a set on Flickr. A new Col for us last week as we tackled the Col de l’Echelle just outside Briancon on the Italian border. The climb takes you from France into Italy on the descent. After some decent Italian coffee we tacked an alternative route of the Setriere before the Montgenevre…
huez to italy day 2, a set on Flickr. The weather turned from sunshine to rain and back to sunshine today as we tackled the long climb up to the Col du Lautaret and then the Col du Galibier. For once the Col du Galibier was warmer than the Col du Lautaret. After a brief…
Col d’Agnel, a set on Flickr. Recent upload of our photos from the Col d’Agnel on the French Italian border and part of our Alpe d’Huez to Italy Tour
Day 1 of our Kraft Food Alpe d’Huez to Italy Tour took us up the Col du Glandon and the Col de la Croix de Fer from our base in Bourg d’Oisans
We had pro photographer Rupert Hartley staying with us and photographing for us on our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour. The photos will be used on our new website and also in our base in Bourg d’Oisans.
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…
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…
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…