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- La Marmotte 2012 Long Weekend with entries available
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Category Archives: Tour de France Climbs
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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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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Cycling Holidays, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Gap to Pinerolo, Modane, Modane - Alpe d'Huez, Pinerolo, Pinerolo - Col du Galibier, Tour de France Col du Galibier, Valloire
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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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Telegraphe, Etape du Tour, l'etape du tour, Sportives, Tour De France, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alternative L'Etape du Tour Week, Andalucian Cycling Holidays, Bourg D'Oisans, L'etape du tour, l'etape du tour 2011, Modane - Alpe d'Huez, Tour de France 2011
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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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Cycle Sportives, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, Etape du Tour, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Modane
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Sheep on the Col de la Croix de Fer
Its our last week of organised riding here in the Oisans this week. Today we tackled the Col du Glandon and Col de la Croix de Fer. On the way down we were surrounded by a flock of sheep.
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
Posted in Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Telegraphe, Cycle Sportives, Cycling Holidays, La Marmotte, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Cycling the Col du Galibier in October, Cycling the Col du Telegraphe in October, La Marmotte, Oisans
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Photos from our September Tour Week from Bourg d’Oisans
Selection of photos from our ride to the Col du Glandon , Col de la Croix de Fer and Alpe d’Huez
Memorial Cycling to Marco Pantani Les Deux Alpes – 20th-21st August 2011
I love this time of year – not only is the weather good for some great riding – not too hot and not too cold – but it also the time of the year when the 2011 events are announced. … Continue reading
Posted in Col de la Morte, Col de Parquetout, Cycle Sportives, Cycling Accommodation, Les Deux Alpes, Marco Pantani Cycling Sportive, Memorial Cycling Marco Pantani, Sportives, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Col de la Morte, La Marmotte, La Marmotte Alternatives, Marco Pantani Cycling Sportive, Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive, Polkadot Stop
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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
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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col de la Croix der Fer, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Cycling Holidays, Etape du Tour, Sportives, Tour de France 2011, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col d'Ornon, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, L'etape du tour, l'etape du tour 2011, Ride a stage of the Tour de france
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Alpe d’Huez and Col du Galibier Weekend Stay
We had seven guys from Freshfields Solicitors staying with us last weekend for an Alpe d’Huez and Col du Galibier weekend break. The holiday was partly funded by their company and a real mix of abilities came over to try their … Continue reading
Cycling Holidays September and October 2010
All our cycling holidays are now pretty much fully booked for 2010. However if you want to do your own thing then we do have a selection of self catered apartments available in Bourg d’Oisans and Garde en Oisans for September and … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour 2011 is it coming to Alpe d’Huez ?
We have no idea but there is a lot of rumours that it will be coming. For this reason you can now register your interest for accommodation with us for 2011 here and we will let you know in October once … Continue reading
Tour de France Holiday week draws to a close
We have had a fantastic week here in Bourg d’Oisans with our 7 aussie guests staying for our Tour de France cycling week. cycling and watching the stage over Col de la Madeleine cycling and watching the stage from Chambrey as … Continue reading
Posted in Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, Freney d'Oisans, Garde en Oisans, Les Deux Alpes, Tour de France 2010, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans Accommodation, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Cote de Laffrey, Les Deux Alpes, Massage Bourg d'Oisans, Tour de France Cycling Holidays
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Tour de France Chambery – Gap Photos Laffrey 2010
Day 2 of our Tour de France week took us to Laffrey. Again our 7 australian guests got the kangaroos out
Photos from La Marmotte 2010 Tour Week
We have covered the whole La Marmotte route with our 8 guests this week. Part of it has been vehicle assisted and we have climbed the Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier and Alpe d’Huez. Our 2011 La Marmotte Tour … Continue reading
Posted in Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, Cycle Sportives, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, La Marmotte, Tour de France Climbs, Training Camps
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, La Marmotte 2010, La Marmotte 2011, La Marmotte Photos
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Sun is shining in Bourg d’Oisans – October special
After a pretty awful week of weather for our Big Col Tour last week, (The worst I can remember since moving here) the sun has finally come out again. We have a group of 6 with us this week on … Continue reading
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Col du Galibier, Col du Glandon, Col du Lautaret, Col du Telegraphe, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, La Marmotte, Sportives, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Big Col Tour, Bourg D'Oisans, Col du Galiber, Col du Glandon, La Marmotte, La Marmotte 2011, October special
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Marmotte Prep Tour Week – Day 6 and 7 plus Dauphiné Libéré 2010
For the last couple of days on our Marmotte Prep week we took in some local rides in the morning getting us back to Bourg d’Oisans to be able to watch the two stages of the 2010 Criterium du Dauphiné … Continue reading
