Eu estou em Alsácia, France encontrando-se diversos americanos e um canadense para algum que dá um ciclo nas montanhas de Vosges. Guys toda muito agradáveis - variando do bom aos cyclists MUITO fortes.
Domingo - ao “warm-up” - nós montamos no cyclosportif do DES Vosgiens da coluna. A rota era 173 kms e bem excesso [...]

De uma distância, olhando a torre da tevê sobre Mont du Chat - mais do que toda a escalada eu sei - parece impossível que é cycleable. Eu amo esta escalada.
Frequentemente eu escrevo que “eu senti forte” - hoje onde bom eu senti fraco como um gatinho. Em parte porque eu era [...]

Depois que yesterday passeio grande, eu era um bocado nervoso para tentar outra vez Ventoux. Mas o tempo era perfeito e os pés sentiram APROVADOS.
De Bedoin está a rota clássica, em aproximadamente 21 kms e sobre 1.600 medidores escale, ele é uma escalada grande. Os primeiros cinco kms são completamente fáceis, e [...]

Para o fim de semana longo francês, nós dirigimos a Provence que permanece na cidade medieval bonita de Avignon.
Sexta-feira I iniciou o ciclo o vulcão legendário Le Mont Ventoux. Eu dei um ciclo o ventoux antes mas nunca do lado de Malaucene. Esta rota é quase exatamente a mesma dificuldade que a rota mais clássica de Bedoin (21 [...]

Col de la Colombiere is the closest “famous” climb to me - just over 30 minute drive away.

It was in the Tour last year and I will be cycling it again with a couple of friends on July 17th, in this year’s Tour de France.
Strangely, at the bottom it was signed [...]

Courchevel is a very posh ski resort (David Beckham stayed here with wife Posh) in the Trois Vallées region of the French Alps. It was the finish line for stage 10 of the 2005 Tour de France, won by Valverde but where Armstrong took back the lead on the way to winning his final [...]

I checked the webcam for Manigod ski station and the roads looked clear enough. So I drove to Thones and climbed the Col de la Croix Fry. This was the last climb in stage 17 of the 2004 Tour de France when Armstrong beat Kloden by about an inch. The stats don’t [...]

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 [...]

The last day of vacation. Climbing Alpe d’Huez is a great way to end a great trip. I woke up early and descended to the bottom of mountain. I tried to ride a few flat kilometres to warm up before the ride but it is the biggest travel day of the year and so I [...]

We started our journey back north and arrived last night in Alpe d’Huez. With its 21 numbered hairpins, one of the most famous cycling climbs in the world. Dutch riders have won Tour de France stages here more than any other country and the Alpe d’Huez (France) is jokingly called the highest place in [...]