Lost Boys 2008 Tour d’Enfer - Day 5 Preview
By Will • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: 2008 Tour d'Enfer, CyclingDay five’s challenge will be the biggest vertical ascent climb in France.
Day five’s challenge will be the biggest vertical ascent climb in France.
Day Four of the Tour d’Enfer will see the Tour de France go by us. This preview suggests a few ways to watch.
As the last big mountain day, this stage could decide the entire race.
Col du Galibier via Col du Telegraphe is the biggest climb in France in terms of altitude gain. I can get to the base of Telegraphe from home in an hour forty-five - as it starts right next to an autoroute - sweet.
We are just starting a week cycling in the South Alps. On the way south we drove by the Col du Galibier — easily one of the top three climbs in France.
So we stopped off at the Col du Lauteret to climb the last 9 kms from the South side. A […]
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Today was the hardest ride of the year and probably my life. On a crisp beautiful autumn day, with the good fortune of having Doreen as my support car and photographer we drove the two hours from home and attacked the Grand Daddy of Tour de France climbs: the Col du […]
June 10th - Well it seemed almost impossible to top the Col d’Iseran but the famous Galibier did just that. This is a legendary climb and at 2,640 meters is just lower than Col d’Iseran and will feature again in ths years Tour de France.
We drove up Galibier from the East side […]