Col du Sabot: higher, more difficult, and infinitely quieter than its neighbour Alpe d’Huez. Perhaps its only drawback for some…
Cycling up Alpe d’Huez? There is more to do than just the usual Tour de France route.
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…
I am in the Pyrénées mountains for the first time ever. For the first ride, I cycled the last two big climbs that will be included in stage 8 of the upcoming 2009 Tour de France – Col de Port and Col d’Agnes. Paradise.