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- 58th Consecutive month up Alpe d’Huez
- Bikesure Cycling Kit for the Tour de France
- Quick blast up Oulles today
- LAST AVAILABILTY FOR LA MARMOTTE 2013
- Alpe d’Huez Tour of the Oisans and more
- 55th Consecutive Month of riding Alpe d’Huez January 2013
- Make it easy to transport your bike to More Than 21 Bends with Mosquito Bikes
- Join us for the 1st Bank Holiday May weekend and test ride some Lightweight wheels
- Col du Galibier, Croix de Fer and Glandon closed for the winter
- La Marmotte Sportive (Gran Fondo) Dates 2013
Category Archives: Tour de France Climbs
55th Consecutive Month of riding Alpe d’Huez January 2013
Well its done I have completed my 55th Consecutive month of riding up Alpe d’Huez. January is always one of the toughest months to find a great day to ride it. With the weather looking fairly warm (zero degrees !) I … Continue reading
Make it easy to transport your bike to More Than 21 Bends with Mosquito Bikes
As you may have read previously we have teamed up with Mosquito Bikes to offer a series of More Than 21 Bends Tours. As part of these Tours Mosquito Bikes are offering to transport your bikes from their London base … Continue reading
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
March in Bourg d’Oisans
While we were away for a week running our Tour of Andalucia holiday the snow has disappeared very quickly here in the Oisans. I have done a couple of cycle rides training for a forthcomming Sportive in April and the … Continue reading
Posted in Andalucia Cycling, Bourg D'Oisans, Col d'Ornon, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Galibier, Hire Bikes, Sportives, Tour d'Oisans, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier in September, Cycle Hire Bourg d'Oisans, Cycling Alpe d'Huez in March, Cycling Col de la Croix de Fer in October
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44th Consecutive month of cycling Alpe d’Huez
bit like buses this one you wait ages for a bus and then 2 turn up at once. Anyway 2 days after completing my february attempt up Alpe d’Huez i took advantage of the warmer spring weather and completed my … Continue reading
Februarys Ride Up Alpe d’Huez
Alpe d’Huez, a set on Flickr. To celebrate my 43 consecutive month of Cycling up Alpe d’Huez we have published a load of our Alpe d’Huez photos from our new flickr account. More to follow over the summer. For the … 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
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
Posted in Bourg D'Oisans, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte, La Marmotte Entries, Sportives, Tour d'Oisans, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
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
