The quintessential south Alps loop. Three beautiful, long, not-crazy-hard Cols – all above 2000 metres. Approximately 120 kms and 3500 metres of climbing.
One of the best base locations for cycling big and famous Tour de France climbs.
Sto imparando Italiano. In Italy, on the south side of the Mont Blanc tunnel, Vallée d’Aoste (French) — or Valle…
It’s getting colder and the high Alps has fresh snow. With lots of lousy weather in the immediate forecast, my…
Hautacam is a ski station above Argelès-Gazost in the Pyrenées. It has appeared 4 times as a mountain top finish in the Tour de France (’94, ’96’, ’00, ’08) – see small photo below for the stage winners.