I cannot recommend ‘More than 21 Bends‘ enough. I have just returned from a week in their care, guiding me around the cols and climbs of the Alpe d’Huez region, and I am already scrutinising their website for the next trip! Fantastic routes, fantastic accommodation and fantastic customer care. Superb local knowledge and expert cycling…
Category: Col de la Madeleine
If you are worried about the ups or have a friend or partner who is a bit worried about making it to the top of Alpe d’Huez or the mighty Col du Galibier but would like to come à long then an e-bike could be the perfect solution to ease their fears. You can enjoy…
We took our 7 Australian guests upto the Col de la Madeleine (part of our Marmotte Big Col Tour) today to watch the Tour de France go by.
With the Col du Glandon now open it is fairly easy to get to the base of the Col de la Madeleine and although it is still technically closed I thought I would see how far up I could get. This is a monster of a climb over 20 km gaining 1500 metres in height and is…