Category Archives: Alpe D’Huez

La Marmotte 2012 Weekend Stay with Guaranteed Entries

We have secured 10 single rooms as the Belle Aurore hotel in Alpe d’Huez for a weekend stay  to compete in the La Marmotte 2012 event. The 10 rooms all come with a guaranteed entry. Details Self supported 3 night … Continue reading

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December Cycle Ride up Alpe d’Huez

It was a beautiful sunny winters day on sunday with the temperature just nudging above 4 degrees, so I decided to tackle Alpe d’Huez for the 41st consecutive month. Alpe d’Huez had a lot of snow recently but it has … Continue reading

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100 percent certified Tour Operater for the Grand Trophie Events including La Marmotte

We are really pleased to announce that Enjoy Oisans have become a certified Tour Operator for the Grand Trophie Events including the La Marmotte Sportive. This  means we have passed all the requirements set out by the organisers of the … 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

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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.    

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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!).

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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

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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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More photos from our end of Week Etape du Tour holiday

More photos from our Tour of the Oisans  week covering more of the local cols to Bourg d’Oisans including the Col d’Ornon and Col de Malissol

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La Marmotte 2011 Race Photos

I took the following photos while doing La Marmotte 2011 sportive.

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La Marmotte Week Bourg d’Oisans

We are half way through our La Marmotte week here and have tackled the Col du Glandon, Col du Télégraphe, Col du Galibier and Alpe d’Huez over the first 3 days of the holiday. Our La Marmotte 2012 holidays are … Continue reading

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Quick ride up Oulles before Marmotte guests arrive

Took a quick spin up Oulles today before our near 200 guests arrive for La Marmotte 2011. This year we have hotel accommodation through our new website PolkadotStop, Self catered accommodation through Enjoy Oisans and of course our cycling tour week.   … Continue reading

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Tour of Oisans – Day 6 – Traverse d’Oisans – Photos

Today took in the ride up to Villard Reculas down Alpe d’Huez and then across to Garde en Oisans and back to Bourg d’Oisans

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Day 5 – Tour of Oisans – Alpe d’Huez Triathlon Route – Photos Col d’Ornon

After day 4s rest day we tackled the Alpe d’Huez Triathlon long route over the Col de la Morte and the Col d’Ornon.

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