We get to spend some great days on the bike with our customers. Tuesday was no different when we fulfilled Dan’s birthday wish to cycle (on a PROMPT D211 road bike) Alpe d’Huez on his birthday. I hooked up with him on Strava only to find that he has ridden 4000km more than me this…
Category: Alpe d'Huez
Tour of Oisans Sept Wk 1 Alpe d’Huez, a set on Flickr. Todays September Tour of the Oisans started with rain but 5 out of our 7 guests decided to brave the rain and tackle Alpe d’Huez. By the time everybody had arrived at the top the heavens had opened. With spare clothes in the…
We are pleased to confirm the announcement of the dates for the 2014 Alpe d Huez Triathlon. The dates for next years event are 27 31 July 2014. This year s event was an enormous success and incorporated a duathlon, timed ascent of Alpe d Huez, a kids triathlon and both the long and short…
Cyclist Magazine, a set on Flickr. Paul Calver sent us through some more photos of the secret Alps photo shoot that appeared in the Sept 2013 edition of Cyclist Magazine. The photos takes in all of the Traverse d’Oisans route. You can buy limited edition prints of his photos online
We are now taking bookings for our ever popular Alpe d’Huez, Mont Ventoux and Galibier cycling holiday. The week long stay takes in 4 days of riding in the Oisans including Alpe d’Huez, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe and the Col du Galibier. Halfway through the week we…
We have done it !. We are on the front cover of the latest Cyclist magazine – that’s Phil in the red jersey. We invited Cyclist over in May to ride one of our favourite hidden routes in the Alpe d’Huez region. Guests who have stayed with us in the past will recognise the roads…
We hooked up with a German film crew on Tuesday to film a piece about Alpe d’Huez, Bourg d’Oisans and the Tour de France. Check out the video footage here. http://www.daserste.de/information/politik-weltgeschehen/morgenmagazin/berichte-und-interviews/moma-Reporter-Tour-de-France-100.html
It’s a misty start for the thousands of Tour fans heading up Alpe d’Huez for todays stage 18 of the Tour de France. As Bourg d’Oisans empties out and the bends of the climb fill up it’s an amazing atmosphere as we wait to see how Froome will handle the decent on the Col de…
ALPE d’HUEZ two days before the Tour arrives, a set on Flickr. Mad atmosphere on Alpe d’Huez today. Its always busy when the Tour de France arrives but this year it has been the busiest ever.
German Filming, a set on Flickr. Today we were being filmed by a German Film Crew for a piece on the impact of the Tour de France on the local area. Our Australian customers from Bike Sure Online were also part of the days proceedings.