Col de l’Echelle, a set on Flickr. A new Col for us last week as we tackled the Col de l’Echelle just outside Briancon on the Italian border. The climb takes you from France into Italy on the descent. After some decent Italian coffee we tacked an alternative route of the Setriere before the Montgenevre…
Tag: Col de Sestriere
Day 3 of our Alpe d’Huez to Italy tour took us from our overnight stay in Briançon to Pinerolo in Italy via the Col de Montgenevre and the Colle di Sestriere. The day includes a 50km descent from the top of Sestriere to Pinerolo where Voeckler had his lucky escape in the 2011 Tour de…