Category Archives: Tour De France

Col du Galibier – La Marmotte Week

As part of our La Marmotte week we take our guests to Valliore at the base of the mighty Col du Galibier. The aim is then to ride back to Bourg d’Oisans. This is a good 60 km of La … Continue reading

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Preparing for the Alpe d’Huez climb on La Marmotte route

As part of our La Marmotte route here in Bourg d’Oisans we take our guests on a fairly hard ride up Alpe d’Huez mid afternoon so that they can climitise to the likely weather conditions on the day of the … Continue reading

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Bourg d’Oisans to the Col du Glandon – La Marmotte week 2009

We took a group of our guests up the Col du Glandon and Col de la Croix der Fer as part of their La Marmotte week  today based in Bourg d’Oisans. The weather was fantastic and there was a real … Continue reading

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Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier – two Tour de France and La Marmotte climbs

As part of our cycling week here in Bourg d’Oisans we can drop people off at the bottom of the Col du Telegraphe so that they can ride this and also the north side of the Col du Galibier and … Continue reading

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Cycling and Skiing holidays March and April – Alpe d’Huez

With the skiing season in full swing up at Alpe d’Huez  and the warmer weather down in the valley at our base in Bourg d’Oisans you can now combine a cycling holiday with a skiing or snowboarding holiday. Here is … Continue reading

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coffee and cake with ex tour de france rider

Had coffee and cake with ex 5 times Tour de France rider and winner of a stage from Bourg d’Oisans to Morzine in 1983 – Jaques Michaud the other day. In the early 2000′s he was also the director sportive for … Continue reading

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Cycling Alpe d’Huez in March

On a glorious early spring day i took to my road bike and cycled up Alpe d’Huez. For more information on the climb please visit my Cycling Alpe d’Huez for Plan-uk.org website. I tried out a new route today for … Continue reading

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Cycling Up Alpe d’Huez with a Mountain biker in November

My brother came over for a weekend of riding before emigrating to Australia – On the sunday he fulfilled a lifelong ambition and borrowed one of our hire road bikes and climbed up Alpe d’Huez. Being a mountain biker though he did … Continue reading

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Cycling Alpe d’Huez in November

Most of the snow has gone now but I still managed to cycle up Alpe d’Huez – The views over towards Bourg d’Oisans were fantastic. We still have some vacancies for our budget sking and boarding holidays in 2009 – … Continue reading

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Col du Galibier Closed

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Mont Ventoux – with Tour d’Oisans

To celebrate the Tour de France climbing Mont Ventoux in 2009 we will be offering our guest a days visit to the area to ride this famous climb. As its a fair distance away from Bourg d’Oisans we will be … Continue reading

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No Tour de France for Alpe d’Huez this year -2009

The Tour de France 2009 route has been released and there is nothing for Alpe d’Huez, Bourg d’Oisans or the Oisans region this year. Probably the closest it gets to us is the time trial around Annecy. We will have … Continue reading

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St Christophe en Oisans and La Berarde – Cycling

Again on a perfect autumns day we rode out with our guests throught the valley of Venosc and up to Saint Christophe en Oisans and La Berarde as part of our cycling holidays in Bourg d’Oisans In all from Bourg … Continue reading

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Classic Tour de France Footage Bourg d’Oisans to Sestrieres 1952

Just found this on the web after a random search.  http://video.aol.com/video-detail/tour-de-france-1952-bourg-doisans-sestrieres-11eme-etape/2285357737

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Bike Hire Bourg d’Oisans and Alpe d’Huez

For the taller person we now have a 59 cm Be One Storm 2 bike in stock for rental with Carbon Forks Tiagra group set FSA triple chainset. This and all our other bikes can now be booked and paid … Continue reading

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Lance Armstrong to Race for Astana 2009 for Tour de France comeback

Lance has just announced he is riding for Astana in 2009 linking up with his old team manager at Discovery / US Postal. He starts in January at the Tour down Under in Australia and his season will finish at … Continue reading

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Tour de France 2009 Alpe d’Huez time trial ?

Thats the rumours in Bourg d’Oisans and Alpe d’Huez – no idea if it is true – If it is you heard it here first – if its not then you didn’t !! Could this be the place that Lance … Continue reading

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Col du Galibier and Col du Lautaret

We went up the Col du Galibier yesterday riding through the clouds to the 2645 metre summit. Before you hit this desolate but beautiful climb you also have to take in the Col du Lautaret (2055 metres) especially if you … Continue reading

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Col de la Croix de Fer

Rode the Col de la Croix de Fer (part of La Marmotte route) with our quests from our base in Bourg d’Oisans on a fantastic early autumn day – probably the best time of year to experience the famous Tour de … Continue reading

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Das Radfahren von Urlauben Alpe d’Huez und Bourg d’Oisans

Das Radfahren von Urlauben Alpe d’Huez und Bourg d’Oisans. Wir haben unsere 2009 Urlaube auf unserer Website jetzt – www.tourdoisans.com. Für Ihre ganze radfahrende Anpassung im Gebiet gemacht berühmt durch die Tour de France.

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