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.
Posts Tagged ‘galibier’
Lost Boys 2008 Tour d’Enfer - Day 4 Preview
By Will • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: 2008 Tour d'Enfer, CyclingDay Four of the Tour d’Enfer will see the Tour de France go by us. This preview suggests a few ways to watch.
2008 Tour de France Preview Stage 17 - Galibier and Alpe d’Huez
By Will • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: Cycling, ReviewsAs the last big mountain day, this stage could decide the entire race.
Tour de France - Galibier
By Will • Jul 17th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Favorites, Tour de FranceCol 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.
Col du Galibier
By Will • Jul 22nd, 2006 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Doreen 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 […]
Col du Galibier and Col du Télégraphe - photo blog
By Will • Oct 15th, 2005 • Category: Climbs, Cycling71.5 kms
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 […]
Col du Galibier (south side) and Lautaret
By Will • Jun 14th, 2005 • Category: Climbs, CyclingJune 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 […]
