Tour of Andalucia March 2012 Day 2, a set on Flickr. Photos from our ride up the Pico de Veleta today. During the day we a so saw Team Greenedge training for the 2nd day
Category: Pico de Veleta
Big ride out on day 2 combing our day 2 ride up to the Pico de Veleta with our day 3 ride to Guejar Sierra. The morning was fresh as we started off a little later than planned for the local bike shop Sierre Nevada Bikes to get myself a new chain for my PROMPT D211…
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…
On another beautiful day here in Sierra Nevada southern spain i took the road to the sleepy village of La Peza over the 1297m Puerto de Los Blancares. This is an out and back route covering some 60 km with a 20 km climb through the valley to the summit of the Puerto de Los…
Rode the Pico de Veleta today from Monachil. The climb starts directly outside Monachil through some fairly steep swithbacks. After a while the road flattens out for a while before dropping down and climbing steadily up to 2500 metres. The road continues on further than this but at this time of year its a ski…
Travelled from Bourg d’Oisans to Monachil today landing in Malaga to warm (18 centigrade) and dry weather. I made the 2 hour trip to my base for the week in a stupidly cheap hire car. I spent the night in one of the local bars drinking bear and eating tapas with Shaun and Csilla from…
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…