Todays ride was meant to take in stage 18 of the 2011 Tour de France over the Col d’Agnel, Col d’Izoard, Col du Lautaret and the Col du Galibier from Pinerolo – however due to the Col d’Agnel being shut we drove to the top of the Col de Sestrier before dropping down to Briançon…
Category: Col du Lautaret
We set off from Bourg d’Oisans today for the first leg of the 2011 More Than Etape du Tour Week. The first day took in the Col du Lautaret and the Col du Galibier before descending to Briançon for an overnight stay. Each year we choose at least one stage of the Tour de France nearest…
We started in Valoires today as part of La Marmotte Tour took in the Col du Galibier from the north before heading down the Col du Lautaret for lunch in Briançon. After a fantastic lunch in Briançon a few of us headed up the Col d’Izoard before returning to Briançon and our overnight stay.
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 will be covering the huge stage of Pinerolo to the Col du Galibier over 2 days as part of our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour. Day 1 will take in the Col du Glandon and the Col de la Croix de Fer. On Day 2 we ride over Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne…
Great news for us in that our Alpe d’Huez to Italy point to point tour in that we will be covering all of the following climbs that feature in the 2011 Tour de France. Alpe d’Huez Col du Galibier (both ways as per the Tour) Col du Telegraphe Col du Lautaret Col d’Izoard Col de…
After our rest day on day 4 we left Briançon for Les Deux Alpes via the Col du Lautaret.
On a wet Day 3 we tackled the Col du Telegraphe and the Col du Galibier before finishing in Briançon.
We took a family trip over the Col du Lautaret passed the foot of the Col d’Izoard and onto the nearby town of Briançon. It certainly is not cycling weather at the moments with the snow up to 2 metres high at the side of the roads on the Lautaret (we tackle this one way on day…