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2011 Tour de France “Mountains Preview”

By • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: Cycling, Tour de France

Let’s rank the twenty-three biggest Tour de France climbs in terms of “difficulty” and then look at the 10 hardest in more detail.



Col de Tréchauffe, Col du Grand Taillet and Col de Corbier

By • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling

I bumped into a Chamoix – sort of a deer. Note the perfectly heart-shaped bum. Happy Valentine’s day.



Col des Glieres – West Side

By • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Snow

That funny white thing with wings is a giant monument to the French Resistance.

Glieres was a major base in WW2 for the Maquis.



Col du Clergeon and Col du Sapenay

By • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Juras

Mountain Math: One Medium climb + One Medium Climb = One Big Climb



Year in Review – My Top 5 Cycling Highlights

By • Dec 30th, 2007 • Category: Cycling, Reviews

2007 has been a great year on the bike.

This time of year, I like to look back through my blog with Doreen to remember some of the highlights.



My Top 5 Cycling Climbs from Lake Annecy

By • Dec 18th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Favorites, Reviews

The Venice of the Alps. Here are my top 5 Cycling Climbs from beautiful Lake Annecy.



Cormet de Roselend via Col du Pré

By • Jul 25th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Favorites

My Fat Cyclist Jersey arrived and i was thrilled to christen it by riding up the Cormet de Roselend, a beautiful climb that was part of Stage 8 of this year’s Tour de France via the classic north route via Col du Meraillet. Fat Cyclist is a terrific cycling blog run by the Fat Cyclist [...]



Tour de France – Galibier

By • Jul 17th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Favorites, Tour de France

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.