Random Favourites
La Ventoux Beaumes de Venise Cyclosportive
A challenging cyclosportive including the “famous” way up Mont Ventoux.
Features
Seven Secrets for Cycling In the Alps – in Winter
The high Alps passes won’t open for another 6 or 7 months (!) and the snow has now even arrived down low.
But winter doesn’t mean that one can’t continue to cycle uphill.
Jura Mountains: France & Switzerland
I find that making myself a map showing all the great climbs in an area is extremely motivating.
Especially since it reminds me all the climbs that I have never done.
Col du Joly Unpaved
It’s getting colder and the high Alps has fresh snow. With lots of lousy weather in the immediate forecast, my…
Port de Boucharo
I had previously thought that Col du Tourmalet (2115 metres) was the highest paved mountain pass in the French Pyrenées, but in fact it is Port de Boucharo (2270 metres).
