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- 55th Consecutive Month of riding Alpe d’Huez January 2013
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Category Archives: Tour De France
Bikesure Cycling Kit for the Tour de France
We have a group from our Australian Partners BikeSure staying with us for the Tour de France 2013. They have just sent us a their 2013 cycling kit. Our logo is also included on the jersey on the top left of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Tour De France, Tour de France 2013
Tagged BikeSure, sports, Tour de France 2013
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Tour de France Alpe d’Huez 2013
Well it looks like the big news here is that the 2013 Tour de France will be in Bourg d’Oisans and Alpe d’Huez for a couple of days with a rest day sat in the middle. This will be happening … Continue reading
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
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
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.
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!).
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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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
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
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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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
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 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
In Search of Robert Millar
I have just finished reading this book. It is a great insight into the legend that is Robert Millar – and one of the reasons in 1984 that I got into cycling and especially my love of the mountains. Millar … Continue reading
2010 Dauphiné Libéré to visits Alpe d’Huez
The 2010 Dauphiné Libéré (running from the WC 5th June 2010) and the warm up for the Tour de France will be visiting Alpe d’Huez on the 12th June 2010. It will also be visiting the nearby city of Grenoble … Continue reading
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Critérium du Dauphiné libéré, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, Lance Armstrong, Tour De France, Tour de France 2010, Tour de France Climbs, Training Camps
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Critérium du Dauphiné libéré, Dauphiné libéré 2010, Grenoble, La Marmotte 2010, La Marmotte Training weeks, More Than 21 Bends, Point to Point Tour, Tour de France 2010
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Tour de France 2010 Route – no Alpe d’Huez but….
The 2010 Tour de France route was announced today and although there is no Alpe d’Huez stage this year – stage 9 will head over the Col de Madeleine and this ridable from Bourg d’Oisans over the Col du Glandon (as … Continue reading
Posted in Bourg D'Oisans, Col d'Ornon, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, Lance Armstrong, Tour De France, Tour de France 2010, Tour de France Climbs
Tagged Chambery to Gap Stage, Col de Madeleine, Col du Glandon, La Marmotte, Laffrey, Tour de France 2010, Tour de France route 2010
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Col d’Ornon – September
We are coming to the end of our last Tour Week here in Bourg d’Oisans and today we took a ride up the Col d’Ornon. With all the major cols still open we are taking last minute bookings for bed and … Continue reading
La Marmotte Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier – September
Bit of a mad day here at Tour d’Oisans with 2 of our guests riding the full La Marmotte route, 3 guys riding the Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier and one guy just wanting to do the Col du … Continue reading
Bourg d’Oisans – Col du Lautaret – Col du Galibier and back
This is an epic climb pretty much starting 5 KM outside of Bourg d’Oisans and ascending firstly to the Col du Lautaret at 2055m and 40KM and then the Col du Galibier at 2645 metres and 49 KM. The Australian … Continue reading
