Category Archives: Col du Telegraphe

FREE BIKE HIRE FOR OUR LA MARMOTTE BIG COL TOUR SEPT 2012

We have 3 spaces left on our La Marmotte Big Col Tour starting on the 8th September 2012. We are offering free carbon road bike hire for the trip through PROMPT.CC Details The Marmotte Big Col Tour Saturday – Arrive … Continue reading

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Alpe d’Huez Tour of the Oisans September Special

Due to a large weekend group booking we have decided to release a shorter Alpe d’Huez cycling holiday for a cheaper price of just 149GBP from the 17th –  22nd September 2012. Details are as follows Details Tour of the … Continue reading

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Summits

Col du Galibier Three metre deep snow had been cut clean away from the road near the summit on the north facing side of the Galibier today. This was the way that the mountain was ‘dressed’ for today’s climb. It … Continue reading

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Ride La Marmotte Sportive Route over 2 days in September

We are running a special La Marmotte Training Long weekend starting on the 8th September 2012 for 4 nights. Day 1 will consist of a warm up ride to La Berarde. Day 2 Will take in the Col du Glandon … Continue reading

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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

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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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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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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

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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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Ride the Telegraphe Galibier and Alpe d’Huez stage 19 Tour de France 2011

We set off early today to ride stage 19 of the 2011 Tour de France with our Tour de France week guests. The van was loaded up with the bikes and we set off for the supported ride over the … Continue reading

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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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More La Marmotte Accommodation and Entries 2011

The organisers of the La Marmotte sportive have just contacted us to let us know that there are still entries available for the 2011 La Marmotte Sportive through their Trophée de l’Oisans package. The package includes La Marmotte, Alpe d’Huez … Continue reading

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La Marmotte 2011 Fully Subscribed

We have just had an email from the organisers of La Marmotte that the event itself is now fully subscribed. We do have some package offers available that we secured over the Christmas period.  We have 10 entries for the … Continue reading

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La Marmotte 2011 entries are now open

La Marmotte 2011 entries are now available but don’t hang about as they will sell out quickly ! All our accommodation in Bourg d’Oisans has been fully booked for a while now but we do have flexible stay hotel accommodation … Continue reading

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Tour de France 2011 Accommodation for the Col du Galibier

We are pleased to annouce that we are selling hotel space in two hotels near to the fininish of the Col du Galiber stages on 20th /21st and 22 nd July 2011. The first in Serre Chavalier is perfectly placed … Continue reading

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L’Etape du Tour entries available from the 16th November 2011

The organisers of the L’Etape du Tour have announced that only 3000 places for the Modane – Alpe d’Huez L’Etape du tour will go on sell from the 16th November 2011. This leaves by my calculation some 7000 taken by … Continue reading

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Tour de France Alpe d’Huez via Bourg d’Oisans 22nd July 2011

Tour de France Accommodation :>> The tour de france will be visiting Alpe d’Huez on the 22nd July 2011. The shortest route of 109KM starts in Modane and climbs the Col du Telegraphe , Col du Galibier before descending the … Continue reading

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Day 5 Autumn Tour Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier

After day fours rest day we set off early in the minibus on another brilliant autumns day here in the Oisans to tackle the Col du Telegraphe and the Col du Galibier the middle two climbs in La Marmotte Sportive. As … Continue reading

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Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier September

We took 8 of our guests to the bottom of the Col du Telegraphe this week to allow them to climb this and the Col du Galibier before cycling back to our base in Bourg d’Oisans. We offer this trip on … Continue reading

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Etape du Tour 2011 – Ride a stage of the Tour de France

We will be running our very own “Ride a Stage of the Tour” week here in Bourg d’Oisans. We will be running this week from the 18th-26th June 2011. Full details will be announced in October once the full Tour … Continue reading

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