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.
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.
Here’s a Map of the 5 routes and all the Cols from my July 2007 Trip in the Vosges. Links to Ride details: Day 1 – 173 km Cyclosportif Day 2 – Haute Koenigsborg Day 3 – Col de Freland Day 4 – Col Hunting in the Rain Day 5 – Ballon d’Alsace Your browser [...]
The Ballon d’Alsace was the first ever climb in the Tour de France – 1905 – and last appeared in the Tour in 2005 – the Tour graffiti is still all over the road. I was wrong! The Balloon d’Alsace was NOT the first mountain climbed in the Tour de France. It was in fact [...]
I am in Alsace, France meeting up with several Americans and a Canadian for some cycling in the Vosges mountains. All very nice guys – ranging from good to VERY strong cyclists. Sunday – to “warm-up” – we rode in the Col des Vosgiens cyclosportif. The route was 173 kms and well over 2,000 metres [...]