Many of the great Alps roads owe much of their celebrity to cycling (Stelvio, Gavia,…
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There are several fabulous old military gravel rides high above Lac du Mont Cenis, but…
Another brilliant high old military road ride near the Italian/French border. Deserted, beautiful, challenging. Note,…
Col du Mont Cenis is a mountain pass on the French/Italian border. At the summit…
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.
Mont Cenis: From Elephants to Emperors to … Cyclists. Some history, some photos, some cycling information.
For a better post with details of both sides of Col de l’Iseran see here.…
Don’t worry, only one climb today. It does happen to be the LONGEST climb in France.