We took our last group of the season to ride the Lacets de Montvernier over the weekend. The 17 switchbacks of the Lacets first featured in the Tour de France in July 2015 and have since then been very popular with cyclists
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The Lacets de Montvernier have created quite a stir since their inclusion in the Tour de France this year. We have ridden them a few times this year with our Tour Cycling guests and they have created quite a stir. For this reason all our remaining Tours for 2015 and all tours in 2016 will…
Some photos from the Cotwold Classic Sportive start in Cirencester england 2011. My new PROMPT frame is looking rather nice.
We have been in the UK visiting friends and family and stocking up our supplies for Enjoy Oisans. While here I decided to tackle the Yeovil to Bournemouth ride through the fantastic quiet country lanes. The ride is just under 50 miles and I stayed with my parents in Bournemouth and hooked up with my brother in law and…
I headed off with my friend Radboud – who lives in Grenoble – to ride the long version of the Challenge du Dauphiné Vercors Sportive today. Despite a start time of 8AM the weather was perfect and approximately 700 people turned up to do the various distances. We decided on the 158 KM distance (with 3500 m…
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…
While 5 of our Irish guests staying as part of our Tour d’Oisans holiday today cycled Alpe d’Huez I have been busy planning 2011 holidays. Yes it starts already !. Anyway good news is that we have set our dates and prices for our Alpe d’Huez to Mont Ventoux week for the 21st May 2011 until 28th May…
I set off this morning on a training ride that consists of the 1st day of our Big Col Tour. This 100km loop takes me approximately 4 hours to ride – with no stops. Despite it only being April at the moment the Oisans have been basking in mid to high 20 degree temperatures. This…