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- Tour of the Oisans Day 1
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- Snow up high
- La Marmotte 2012 Long Weekend with entries available
- Alpe d’Huez Triathlon Route
- La Marmotte 2012 Entry only packages
- Cycle Alpe d’Huez in Alpe d’Huez for £99 GBP
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Tag Archives: Bourg D’Oisans
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
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
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Andalucia Cycling, Bourg D'Oisans, Col d'Ornon, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col de la Morte, Col du Galibier, Col du Lautaret, Cycle Sportives, Cycling Accommodation, Cycling Holidays, l'etape du tour
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Alpe d'Huez time trial, alpe d'huez triathlon accommodation, Andalucian Cycling Holidays, ASO, Bourg D'Oisans, Col d'Izoard, Col d'Ornon, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col de la Morte, Col du Lautaret, l'etape du tour 2011, L'Etape du Tour entries, La Chambre, Modane, Southern Spain Cycling Holidays
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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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Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Cycling Holidays, Oulles
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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 6 Autumn Tour Villard Reculas, Freney d’Oisans, Les Deux Alpes
On the final day of our autumn tour we took in the local traverses that sit either side of Alpe d’Huez and also off bend 5 of Les Deux Alpes. These are little known climbs in the area (and are … Continue reading
Posted in Alpe D'Huez, Bourg D'Oisans, Marco Pantani Cycling Sportive, Memorial Cycling Marco Pantani, Mount Ventoux, Sportives
Tagged Alpe D'Huez, Alpe d'Huez Cycling Holidays, Bourg D'Oisans, Freney d'Oisans, Les Deux Alpes, Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive, Mont Ventoux, More Than 21 Bends, October Alpe d'Huez, Oisans, Villard Reculas
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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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Autumn Tour Day 3 takes in Alpe d’Huez
Just a few minutes ride from our base in Bourg d’Oisans is the mythical 21 bends of Alpe d’Huez. Today we had an impromptu time trial to the cafe stop at the top. Times ranged from 56minutes to just 0ver 2 hours … Continue reading
Autumn ride to St Christophe en Oisans and La Bérarde
Yesterday was the first day of our autumn tours that we run here in the Oisans. It was a spectacular day with blue skies and temperaturess in the low to mid 20s. We took 6 of our guests to St Christophe … Continue reading
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
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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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
Alpe d’Huez Triathlon 2010 More Photos
I cycled up the 21 bends on Alpe d’Huez today to grab more photos of the last part of the road climb and the start and finish of the run section. There were a lot of tired bodies out there. … Continue reading
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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Alpe d’Huez and Col de Sarenne while 3 do La Marmotte route
3 of our six guests opted to do our supported La Marmotte ride today with Alan our driver for the summer. I went out with the other 3 to ride Alpe d’Huez and then up and over the Col de … Continue reading
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
