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Tour de France - Col du Glandon

By Will • Jul 19th, 2006 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Favorites, Tour de France

Today I cycled up the Col du Glandon and the Col de la Croix de Fer (23 km climb and about 5,000 feet vertical) to watch the second huge Alps stage in the Tour de France.

This was the 2006 Tour de France stage when Landis hit a wall - the day before his “miraculous” comeback.


Col du Glandon

By Will • Jul 8th, 2006 • Category: Climbs, Cycling

Classic Hors Categorie Climb deep in the French Alps.  It will be in  the Tour de France next week.
My cycling magazine describes the last two kilometers as the finale from hell. STEEP:

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