By Start: Gap Finish: Grenoble Distance: 117km Elevation gain: 1,730m Climbs Col du Manse Rain. And Climbing. That’s how day 4, our final day on the bike started. From Gap the plan had been to go up the Col du Manse, and the Col du Noyer, but while the weather had
Alps 2019 Day 3 Briancon To Gap
Start: Briançon Finish: Gap Distance: 124km Elevation gain: 2,360m Climbs Col d’Izoard,Côte de Puy-Sanières, Côte de la Rochette 2 Days in the legs, and facing pretty much in a HC climb, there was another sense of trepidation on the morning of the 3rd day. The sun was shining, but it
Alps 2019 Day 2 Bourg D’Oisans to Briancon
Start: Bourg d’Oisans Finish: Briançon Distance: 94km Elevation gain: 2,4908m Climbs Alp d’Huez, Col de Sarenne, Col du Lautaret We woke to a beautiful, clear day, albeit on the cool side, and it seemed like a perfect day to tackle what we would consider the “Queen’s Stage” of the trip:
Alps 2019 Day 1 Grenoble to Bourg D’Oisans
Start: Grenoble Finish: Bourg d’Oisans Distance: 104km Elevation gain: 2,198m Climbs Col d’Ornan For nearly any cyclist cycling in the Alps would be the pinnacle of trips. So when some of our fellow cyclists from the Paris 2 Nice trip suggested a trip to tick off some bucket-list climbs, it