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Category Archives: Tour de France Climbs
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
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
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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Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Galibier in September, Col du Glandon, Col du Glandon in September, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Telegraphe in September, Cycle Hire Bourg d'Oisans, Cycling Alpe d'Huez in September, La Marmotte Climbs, September Cycling Holiday Alpe d'Huez, September Cycling holidays, Tour d'Oisans, Tour of the Oisans, Traverse d'Oisans
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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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col de Sarenne, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs, Training Camps
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Galibier, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte, October Cycling Holidays, Tour d'Oisans, Tour of the Oisans
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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
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
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 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.
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Tour de France 2011
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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
Posted in Col du Galibier, Col du Telegraphe, Sportives, Tour d'Oisans, Tour De France, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Bourg D'Oisans Accommodation, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Cycling Holidays, Tour De France, Tour de France Climbs
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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
La Marmotte 2011 Race Photos
I took the following photos while doing La Marmotte 2011 sportive.
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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Andalucia Cycling, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte, La Marmotte Entries, Tour de France Climbs, Training Camps
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Andalucian Cycling Holidays, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte 2012, La Marmotte Entries 2012, La Marmotte Photos
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Tour of Oisans – Day 3 – Alpe d’Huez Col de Sarenne – Photos
Today we tackled the final climb in this Years Tour de France, L’Etape du Tour and La Marmotte and Triathlon events Alpe d’Huez and the Col de Sarenne. We set up a mini timetrial up the Alpe with one of our … Continue reading
April Spring Tours
Come get some early season cycling in with us here in the Oisans. We are running our cycling tours over the first two weeks of April. You can either come for the full week or just for a few days, … Continue reading
33rd consecutive month of cycling up Alpe d’Huez
Completed my March 2011 ride up Alpe d’Huez this week. This is my 33rd consecutive month that I have climbed the 21 bends. Its early spring now in Bourg d’Oisans and there is a distinct lack of snow in Alpe … Continue reading
Tour d’Oisans Jersey
We have our new Tour d’Oisans jersey design back from PROMPT.CC The jersey is free to all people who book a one week long cycling holiday with Tour d’Oisans before 1st March 2011. PROMPT.CC will also be selling them at … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour Act 1 Accommodation and entry package (new availability)
We have just secured an additional 8 entries with weekend accommodation for the 2011 L’Etape du Tour Modane to Alpe d’Huez. The price for the 3 night stay with entries is 499GBP per person. For more details or to reserve your space … Continue reading
Laurent Fignon – We Were Young and Carefree
Just back from a week in Andalucia cycling and have managed to read a couple of cycling related books. The first one was Laurent Fignon’s We were Young and Carefree. The book is translated from french and the translator has … Continue reading
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
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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Cycle Sportives, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, La Marmotte, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs, Training Camps
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Alpe d'Huez Accommodation, La Marmotte Accommodation 2011, La Marmotte entries 2011
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