scots toto day 1, a photo by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. First day of our Tour of the Oisans today. 18 guys from Perth have joined us for a week of full on riding. Today we tackled Les Deux Alpes and Oulles. Tomorrow its the might Alpe d’Huez
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Late September is great here in the Oisans and we invited a couple of More Than 21 Bends friends over for some end of season cycling. We set off at 8:20 to ride La Marmotte route backwards with a slight little twist. First off was the Col du Lautaret and Col du Galibier followed by…
Traverse d’Oisans, a photo by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. The last day of our tour always takes in the Traverse d’Oisans ride. This route changes each week but always take a partial descent of Alpe d’Huez and lunch on bend 16 with our friends in their cafe. After a long lunch and full bellies we continue…
After our overnight stay in Briançon the Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour tackled the Col de Montgenevre into Italy and then the Col di Sestriere before the 50km descent to our base for a couple of days in Pinerolo.
Huge day out in the mountains today on our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour 2011. Today we rode back into France via the Col d’Agnel – probably the toughest climb I have ever done reaching 15% in places over its 55KM climb. Its the highest point of the Tour at over 2700 metres above sea…
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…
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…
Our last evening on our Alpe d’Huez and Mont Ventoux and our good friends at the hotel we used produced this fantastic cake for us ! rav
Todays ride took in part of the coastal road (Ruta Turistica) to Almunecar before turning off right at about the half way point to the small village of Jayena just before the Sierra de Almijara. The 115km route (it would have been about 105km I took a wrong turning on the way back and ended at a…
Todays ride took me into Granada city centre from my base in Monachil before exiting it again to cycle up towards the town of Guejar Sierra. The town is nestled on the side of a mountain overlooking a massive lake. I cycled through the town centre to find a super steep short climb exiting and…