Day 1 of the Alpe d’Huez cycling tour involved a challenging 92KM ride, covering Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Glandon, and Col du Mollard, with over 2000 meters of vertical climbing, starting from Bourg d’Oisans and finishing in St Etienne de Cuines.
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As well as our custom Alpe d’Huez cycling tours each year we organise an Alpe d’Huez More Than 21 Bends cycling tour for people who want to join a larger group of cyclist. This tour takes place in the middle of June So if you want to embark on a breathtaking adventure join us for…
We are changing how we do things at More Than 21 Bends. More and more of our holidays are now based around a bespoke tour that you the customer has asked for. So why not join us an one of our custom Alpe d’Huez Cycling Tours. This is the holiday that started it all for…
Ride the Tour de France – Custom Cycling Tour Fancy riding the entire route of this years Tour de France or perhaps one of your favourite Tour de Frances from the past ? Fancy riding a section of the Tour de France from this year or from the past, perhaps over a week or a…
The 2024 La Marmotte Cycling Sportive will take place on the 30th June 2024 If you are thinking of doing this epic event then we have a couple of apartments that are 200 metres from the event start that are available from the Friday before or for the entire week. 2 bedroom garden apartment with…
Our 2 bedroom holiday apartment – Le Cerisier – in the centre of Bourg d’Oisans currently has availability for the following summer 2022 cycling events in Bourg d’Oisans. La Marmotte Alps Cycle sportive. You really can’t be that much closer to the start line with this property with it being only 100 metres away. The…
Here is our occasionally look at some of the climbs in and around the Alpe d’Huez region of Alpe d’Huez. First off we are going to start with the Col du Galibier Needs little introduction and is up there with the like of Alpe d’Huez and Mont Ventoux as a must do climb. You can…
Thanks to Cyclist for including our hidden ride route in their 2016 Calendar (Phil will be available for signings throughout the summer if you bring your calendars along ;0) The ride will feature in our Tour of the Oisans tour again in 2016, so if you haven’t already experienced this amazing ride why not come…
Last few places available on our Alpe d′Huez Galibier and Mont Ventoux tour 13 – 20 June 2015 Arrive in Bourg d′Oisans for the first night (pick up 2pm from Grenoble Station included) Day 1 Ride La Berarde Day 2 Ride Col du Glandon and the Col de la Croix de Fer Day 3 Ride…
On my recent trip from our base in Bourg d’Oisans to Perth Australia to compete in the Cape to Cape Mountainbike race I had a 15 hour stop over in Dubai. A quick internet search suggested that cycling was best avoided in Dubai but that there was a purpose built cycling track, that happened to be…