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- Ride La Marmotte Sportive Route over 2 days in September
- Seven do Alpe d’Huez while two tackle the Col du Glandon
- Tour of the Oisans Day 1
- Col de la Croix de Fer is open for summer 2012
- Snow up high
- La Marmotte 2012 Long Weekend with entries available
- Alpe d’Huez Triathlon Route
- La Marmotte 2012 Entry only packages
- Cycle Alpe d’Huez in Alpe d’Huez for £99 GBP
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Galibier Beer
Whilst in Valloire recently I came across a fantastic beer called Galibier Beer. Its brewed in Valloire which for those that don’t know is at the bottom of the Col du Galibier. We will hopefully have some for our guests … Continue reading
Col de la Croix de Fer for the Tour de France 2012
The 2012 Tour de France will be passing over our local climbs the Col du Glandon and the Col de la Croix de Fer both of which are easily reachable from our base in Bourg d’Oisans. The 11th stage covers 140KM on … Continue reading
La Marmotte 2012 Entries only 5 left
Our La Marmotte 2012 entries are selling like “hot cakes”. At time of writing we now only have 5 guaranteed entries left. First come first served if you buy one of the following 2 holidays 1. La Marmotte Week in … Continue reading
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No Tour de France for Alpe d’Huez but….
Based on leaked information from the official Tour de France website there will not be a Tour de France finish for Alpe d’Huez in 2012. The closest it looks like it will be is the Col de la Croix de … Continue reading
Col du Galibier October Tour
During our last tour of the season our autumn Tour of the Oisans we took in the mighty Col du Galibier and its little brother the Col du Télégraphe. The days ride starts after a 2 hour drive from our … Continue reading
Autumn Tour of the Oisans La Berarde and Alpe d’Huez
Our last tour of the year our October autumn Tour of the Oisans has just finished and our 6 guests took in La Berarde, Col du Glandon and Alpe d’Huez on the first three days.
September Tour of the Oisans including La Marmotte Climbs
We have just come to the end of our second Tour of the Oisans holiday of September. The weeks centre based holiday in Bourg d’Oisans takes in all the local cols including all those in the La Marmotte Sportive. We … Continue reading
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Day 5 and 6 Tour of the Oisans September
Photos from Day 5and 6 of our Tour of the Oisans week in September. September 2012 holidays now online
Tour of the Oisans September week
Photos from the first 3 days of the Tour of the Oisans week. So far this week we have covered the Col de la Croix de Fer, Alpe d’Huez, Col de Sarenne, Col du Télégraphe and the Col du Galibier … Continue reading
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La Marmotte 2012 dates announced
The local tourist office here in Bourg d’Oisans have announced that the 2012 La Marmotte will take place on the 7th July 2012. We have a whole load of accommodation options 1. La Marmotte Tour week with accommodation 100metres from … Continue reading
Tour of the Oisans August La Bérarde St Christophe last day
Last day of our Tour of the Oisans took us to La Bèrarde and St Christophe en Oisans
Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne
Day 5 of our Tour of the Oisans took us over Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne. Temperatures again reached a rather high 35 degrees.
Day 3 Tour of Oisans Photos Laffrey, Col du Malissol, Col d’Ornon Bourg d’Oisans
Day 3 photos from our August Tour of the Oisans holiday.
Col du Télégraphe and Col du Galibier August Tour of the Oisans
Today we transfered to the bottom of the Col du Telegraphe in our minibus to ride the Col du Télégraphe and Col du Galibier before descending the Col du Lautaret before returning to our base in Bourg d’Oisans. Temperatures reached … Continue reading
Traverse d’Oisans
Photos from todays traverse d’oisans that also coincided with the Marco Pantani Cycling Sportive. Temperatures hit 39 degrees c. today. Join our facebook page to get route information here
Kelly Benefit Cycling Team
We have had the owner and director sportif of american pro cycling team Kelly Benefit Cycling Team staying with us this week trying out some of the roads. The plan is to maybe provide some training camps for the pro riders or the … Continue reading
Tandem Ride up Alpe d’Huez
We had our firsts guests staying with us this week on a Tandem. For the record they went up Alpe d’Huez in a time of 2hr 30 mins ( with a couple of stops!).
Alpe d’Huez Triathlon 2012
We have now released our 2012 Alpe d’Huez Triathlon Accommodation in our main house in Bourg d’Oisans right in the centre of the event. Our 1 week stay on a bed and breakfast basis with uplifts and transfers for the … Continue reading
Last minute September 2011 deals £199 GBP per person
We have a couple of last minute september 2011 deals. We have a couple of spaces for our first week of September and also a few spaces for our 17th – 24th September week. During the week we will be … Continue reading
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Alpe d’Huez 2 days before the Tour de France arrives
Took guests on the Traverse d’Oisans and while cycling down Alpe d’Huez took these photos.
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