Category: La Marmotte

La Marmotte 2012, a photo by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. Our La Marmotte 2012 guests all lined up on a damp morning today to climb Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne today. Tomorrow we split into 2 groups to ride the Galibier and Glandon.

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…

Well with temperatures rocketing to 6 degrees centigrade in the vallee on new years day I tackled the Alpe d’Huez climb for the 31st consecutive month. Helen met me at the top and we stayed up there for a few more hours to go skiing. I have also booked my flight tickets to Andalucia Spain for…

I have just entered the  Challenge du Dauphiné Vercors sportive for May 23rd near Grenoble France. The 158km route with over 3200 metres of climbing will be an optional extra in our Alpe d’Huez to Mount Ventoux week in 2011 (Dates 21st May-28th May 2010). and is a good early preperation for La Marmotte in July