Tag Archives: Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive

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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Official La Marmotte Partners and entry packages

We have today confirmed with the Grand Trophee company (the organisers of La Marmotte and the Marco Pantani Sportive amongst others) – that Enjoy Oisans will be one of their official partners for 2011. To celebrate this we have been … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Marmotte Entries 2010 closed – Marco Pantani Sportive instead ?

Bad news for those trying to enter La Marmotte 2010 – it appears that the entries are now fully subscribed. More information can be found on the organisers website. It does appear however that you can still enter La Marmotte … Continue reading

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Col de Parquetout via the Col d’Ornon

For the first time since the begining of May we have not had any guests in so I took the oportunutity to try out a new route for our 2010 holidays. This 90 km ride takes in the Col d’Ornon … Continue reading

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Col de la Morte and Col d’Ornon

These two 1300 metre climbs are part of The Marco Pantani Cycling Sportive held in August. We tackled the route from Bourg d’Oisans over the Col de La Morte and then onto Valbonnais and finally over the Col d’Ornon and back … Continue reading

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Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive 2009

Two of seven guests today took part in the Marco Pantani Cycling Sportive. As we are based in Bourg d’Oisans we took them up to Les Deux Alpes for the start at 8AM. John and Simon had a long hot … 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 Alpe d’Huez in February

Cycled up Alpe d’Huez yesterday in some gorgeous sunshine in a time of 90 minutes on my mountain bike. Now its february I have started training for our busy summer season here in the centre of Bourg d’Oisans. Some of the Cols … Continue reading

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La Marmotte 2009 main Bourg d’Oisans Accommodation Sold Out – more available …….

Sorry our main house in Bourg d’Oisans is now fully booked for “La Marmotte 2009″ We do however have access to a large fantastic apartment in Bourg d’Oisans just a minutes cycle ride from the start line – with garage … Continue reading

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Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive 2009

The dates for 2009 have been announced as the 22nd and 23rd August 2009 For more information on the event check out our Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive Page and also the organisers website at www.lapantani-les2alpes.com. We also made a short … Continue reading

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Marco Pantani Memorial Sportive Cycling Video 2008

This years event took place in fantastic weather and taking in some tough climbs on the way. We went out and made a video of the event concentrating on the Oisans part of the region – think Alpe d’Huez ! … Continue reading

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Marco Pantani Memorial Cycling Sportive Le Freney d’Oisans to Les Deux Alpes

In tribute to Marco Pantini there is a 164 km Cycle Sportive from Le Freney d’Oisans to Les Deux Alpes on the 24th August 2008. The event takes in the Col d’Ornon , Col de Parquetout and the Alpe du … Continue reading

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