Doreen and I have successfully “slain the dragon” by cycling across the length of Wales.

Here are a few photos from my recent Alsace trip.

I am in Alsace, France meeting up with several Americans and a Canadian for some cycling in the Vosges mountains. All very nice guys - ranging from good to VERY strong cyclists.
Sunday – to “warm-up” - we rode in the Col des Vosgiens cyclosportif. The route was 173 kms and well over […]

Although I bike a lot, until today I had never cycled 100 kms - a century. Today I not only rode a metric century but an imperial century as well.
Today Martin and I rode in the annual cyclo tour of Lake Geneva (a 176 kilometres around the lake - starting in Lausanne). […]

What a trip.  Our most ambitious cycling vacation ever.  Our first visit to the Southern French Alps.  Eight big climbs in 8 days. Every one a legendary Tour de France route.  Hard work but really fun.   it was a  dream of mine to climb Bonette (the highest road in Europe) and Izoard […]

65.3 kms
The return trip to Beaune follows the famous wine route and passes many of the most famous Burgundy vineyards. Overcast skies but the weather held. Another super route.
We of course got an early start so we could rush home and see Lance Armstrong win his 7th Tour de France.
Total distance 5,877 km
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Doreen just […]

66.3 kms
Doreen and I are in beautiful Burgundy for the weekend. We put back-packs on and left Beaune to spend the night in Dijon. Today’s ride went along a quiet road through a narrow forested valley before approaching a tough climb then a descent to the Canal of Burgundy. The last 20 kilometers was […]

35.6 km
We stayed in a beautiful little castle (part 7th but mainly 11th century!) in Provence and did a short ride to the beautiful town of Fontain du Vaucluse on Saturday. We had driven south to attempt Mont Ventoux on Sunday. Unfortunately, minor food poisoning meant a long drive home […]

STATS:

31.6kms; 1,650 metres ascent  
Start: Rochetaillée Top: 2,067 metres

Last Climbed: July 2006

Col de la Croix Fer is a beautiful climb that first appeared in the tour de France in 1947 when the organizers wanted to add a little difficulty to a stage befor climbing Cold du Galibier via Télégraphe It has now […]

59.9km
Saturday, Doreen and I climbed the most famous climb in biking - Alpe d’Huez (in the French Alps). Amazing! And KUDO’s to Doreen for successfully climbing this giant.

This climb has featured in so many epic races in the Tour de France and people travel from all over the world for […]