Tag Archives: Bourg D’Oisans

Marco Pantani Sportive is no more long live the LA GRANFONDO LES 2 ALPES

The Marco Pantani Sportive held in neighbouring Les Deux Alpes ( and a great alternative to the La Marmotte Sportive) has had a name change for 2012 and will now be known as the La Granfondo Les 2 Alpes. The … Continue reading

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100 percent certified Tour Operater for the Grand Trophie Events including La Marmotte

We are really pleased to announce that Enjoy Oisans have become a certified Tour Operator for the Grand Trophie Events including the La Marmotte Sportive. This  means we have passed all the requirements set out by the organisers of the … Continue reading

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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

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Col du Galibier October Tour

During our last tour of the season our autumn Tour of the Oisans we took in the mighty Col du Galibier and its little brother the Col du Télégraphe. The days ride starts after a 2 hour drive from our … Continue reading

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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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Day 5 and 6 Tour of the Oisans September

Photos from Day 5and 6 of our Tour of the Oisans week in September. September 2012 holidays now online

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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

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Kelly Benefit Cycling Team

We have had the owner and director sportif of american pro cycling team Kelly Benefit Cycling Team staying with us this week trying out some of the roads.  The plan is to maybe provide some training camps for the pro riders or the … Continue reading

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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

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La Marmotte 2011 Race Photos

I took the following photos while doing La Marmotte 2011 sportive.

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La Marmotte Start Photos Bourg d’Oisans 2011

Photos from the La Marmotte 2011 starting in Bourg d’Oisans    

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Tour of Oisans – Day 6 – Traverse d’Oisans – Photos

Today took in the ride up to Villard Reculas down Alpe d’Huez and then across to Garde en Oisans and back to Bourg d’Oisans

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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

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Tour of Oisans – May – Day 1- St Christophe en Oisans – Photos

First day of our first tour of the 2011 season took in the beautiful ride to St Christophe en Oisans and La Bérarde. The weather was a little changeable with it snowing at the top and beautiful sunshine at the … Continue reading

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Col de Malissol

My second 100 km ride of the week took me over a new col the Col de Malissol. I never knew it existed until I reached the top. Its not the biggest of cols but it was good to bag … Continue reading

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First 100km ride of the season over Col d’Ornon and on

Spring here in the Oisans is fantasic and this year with slightly less snow than normal it has meant a load more cycling. On monday I completed my first 100km ride of the year in preperation for La Marmotte, and … Continue reading

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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

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L’Etape du Tour 2011 Act 1 – Entry Only or Package Holiday

ASO have now confirmed that we are allowed to sell our L’Etape du Tour entries for 2011. You can get hold of them by…. staying on our L’Etape du Tour 2011 week. staying on our L’Etape du Tour and La Marmotte Training … Continue reading

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Snowy ride up to Oulles

Still riding here in the Oisans. despite it being November is still fairly warm. Rode up to Oulles today to go see the new snow that fell at 1400 metres over the weekend. The round trip from Bourg d’Oisans takes … Continue reading

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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

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