Dauphine 2013, a set on Flickr. The Dauphine stae race had just passed through Bourg d’Oisans for the second time today after its descent of the Col de Sarenne. Next up is the Col d’Ornon
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Alpe d’Huzes 2013, a set on Flickr. Day 1 start photos for the dutch Charity event on Alpe d’Huez. Todays shorter event started at 10am from Bourg d’Oisans town centre in glorious sunshine. Looking for 2014 Alpe d’Huzes accommodation click here
Maison de Republique We are pleased to announce that we now have a new house available in Bourg d’Oisans for your self supported cycling holiday. This lovely old house is being brought back to life in the centre of Bourg d’Oisans. For the summer 2013 the house will have 4 bedrooms ready and waiting to…
My old cycling club came for a week of riding last week and I set them the challenge of getting the King of the Mountain on Oulles. Ian duly took up the challenge and posted the fastest time. This was despite riding Alpe d’Huez in a new PB and then traversing over the Col de…
Giro d’italia day 4, a set on Flickr. We finally got to see the Giro d’Italia today in Modane just near the base of Col du Telegraphe. We even managad to get a happy birthday message chalked out on the road for Mark Cavendish. Not sure he saw it though! The big climb of the…
Giro d’Italia Day 3 , a set on Flickr. Finally the sun was out. Today we climbed the Col de Montgenevre into Italy before descending down to the Col de Mont Cenis. The Giro tackled this both ways this year and was a real challenge for all our 8 guests.
giro d’italia day 2, a set on Flickr. This was meant to be the day that we caught the Giro d’Italia on the finish of the Col du Galibier. Unfortunately the weather had other ideas !
giro d’italia day 1, a set on Flickr. Day 1 of our Giro d’Italia Weekend tour took us up Alpe d’Huez. Then the rain really came down…..
Bourg d’Oisans not just about cycling. Next weekend we have the French National Championships for woodcarving with a chainsaw. The best in France will be here to carve up the wood into all different forms of animals.
The last riding day today and I calculated I needed to do 74km to achieve the Specialized Strava Classics challenge. As it happened I came in on the nose at 75km thus completing the challenge. Mentally it was tougher today, suddenly after pushing big miles for the last 2 weeks, including the cobbles of the Paris Roubaix, I…