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Austria

This is easily the steepest 10 kilometre stretch of paved road I have ever cycled.…

Today I cycled up the Col du Glandon and the Col de la Croix de Fer (23 km climb and about 5,000 feet vertical) to watch the second huge Alps stage in the Tour de France.

This was the 2006 Tour de France stage when Landis hit a wall – the day before his “miraculous” comeback.

High above the village of Samoen is the Plateau des Saix and the Samoen "1600"…

Despite having climbed many of the hardest and biggest routes in France, there is a…

It’s been cold and threatening for several days. So if I wanted to ride I…

Col de la Ramaz last featured in the 2003 Tour de France. French hero Richard…