My cycling goal today was to climb Col du Mont Cenis, visit the amazing side road to Col du Petit Mont Cenis, then leave the paved roads and see if I could get a bike up the “elephant” route to Col de Clapier.
Cycling up Alpe d’Huez? There is more to do than just the usual Tour de France route.
It’s getting colder and the high Alps has fresh snow. With lots of lousy weather in the immediate forecast, my…
The west side was still closed to cars but I had spoken to a couple of cyclists yesterday and knew that I should be able to get to the top.