This year, the Tour de Suisse has four stages with an amateur cyclo-sportive riding the route before the pros. Today I participated in this “Tour de Suisse Challenge” – cycling up to Rettenbachgletscher. Not an easy climb.
The Venice of the Alps. Here are my top 10 Cycling Climbs from beautiful Lake Annecy.
Here is a map of the best climbs in the south Alps. If you have a favourite climb that is…
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.