Archives 2019

I’ve now added the gallery for this year’s tour. You can view it below. It can also be seen from the Rhone Alps 2019 page and the Gallery page.

Gallery

Click on the image below to open the Gallery.… Read more

This year’s blog is supposed to be finished, right? We’re going home today…

But we don’t have to leave camp till 11 am…

Everyone packed their bikes back in the boxes yesterday… except one…

Coxy’s only gone back up there … Read more

It’s that time again, our traditional Donkey Derby on the last day. Basically Coxy sets off last and it’s then a case of how much time he gives the other lads.

The debate on this went on throughout last night’s … Read more

The original plan today was to tackle the Col de la Madeleine but the start of that climb is over and down the Glandon, the one we’ve already done as part of the Marmotte. So we were going to take … Read more

It’s another recovery day! And we all know what that means…

We’re back on the road to the Col du Glandon but this time we turn right after the lake and up to Vaujany, summit the Col du Sabot then … Read more

This is it the big one… four Cols in one day… pretty epic… can we do it?!

It’s a very early start at 6 am, mainly to give us a chance to get a good way round in this heat … Read more

The journey here and yesterday’s slog in the heat has left everyone a bit drained so we’re having a recovery day (and also to rest everyone for the big one tomorrow…)

Of course Coxy’s idea of a recovery day is … Read more

Just a quick catch up from yesterday… if you recall Coxy took the lads on a route I couldn’t follow…

After the great descent the lads swung a right up the climb to Villard de Notre Dame and then it’s … Read more

Up at a reasonable time this morning so the lads can assemble their bikes and get ready for the off at 10:30.

It’s actually quite cool early on as the sun takes time to get above the massive mountains surrounding … Read more

In just a little over a week, on June 22nd, we return to Bourg d’Oisans, one of our all time favourite locations!

We were here back in 2012 and passed through again in 2013 so we’re pretty familar with the … Read more