2011 Tour de France “Mountains Preview”
By Will • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: Cycling, Tour de FranceLet’s rank the twenty-three biggest Tour de France climbs in terms of “difficulty” and then look at the 10 hardest in more detail.
Posts Tagged ‘mountains’
Col de Tréchauffe, Col du Grand Taillet and Col de Corbier
By Will • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Climbs, CyclingI bumped into a Chamoix – sort of a deer. Note the perfectly heart-shaped bum. Happy Valentine’s day.
Col des Glieres – West Side
By Will • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, SnowThat 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 Will • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, JurasMountain Math: One Medium climb + One Medium Climb = One Big Climb
Year in Review – My Top 5 Cycling Highlights
By Will • Dec 30th, 2007 • Category: Cycling, Reviews2007 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 Will • Dec 18th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Favorites, ReviewsThe Venice of the Alps. Here are my top 5 Cycling Climbs from beautiful Lake Annecy.
Cormet de Roselend via Col du Pré
By Will • Jul 25th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, FavoritesMy 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 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.
