The Mountain of the Lord (aka, the Col d’Izoard)
The queen stage of the 2017 Tour de France featured a finish at the top of the Col d’Izoard. Of the 34 Tours that have featured this climb, none had […]
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Recovering in a French Gorge
After all of the climbing the past couple of days, we needed a little RnR. We would still be on our bikes of course, so it’s not total “rest”…😉 The plan […]
Attacking Alpe d’Huez…Knock That One Off the Bucket List
In case you didn’t already know, Alpe d’Huez is often considered the most iconic climb in cycling. It was first used in the 1952 Tour de France, but didn’t reappear […]
The Little Known Backside of Alpe d’Huez
Alpe d’Huez is a well known, iconic climb where legends are made. The same can’t be said about the Col de Sarenne. Col de what? That’s right. It’s not exactly […]
High on Hautacam
With a day off to explore the area around our Bagneres-de-Bigorre, I had no shortage of famous Tour climbs to choose from. I played around with putting together a longer […]