A tough 62-mile cycling loop of Lac de Serre-Ponçon, incorporating Col de Pontis and Col Lebraut, on a baking hot sunny day. Spectacular views of the lake were never far away.
Col de Pontis
A tough 62-mile cycling loop of Lac de Serre-Ponçon, incorporating Col de Pontis and Col Lebraut, on a baking hot sunny day. Spectacular views of the lake were never far away.
I rode from La Chambre to experience the remarkable Lacets de Montvernier, seventeen closely-packed hairpins that scale the side of the Maurienne valley. Also featuring today was a snake, a lizard and a balcony road!
A tough ride from La Chambre in the Maurienne valley up to Col du Glandon, returning via Col de la Croix de Fer.
Riding from Thônes, in the Aravis, I once again met-up with fellow riders of the Club des Cent Cols. This time we rode to Col de la Croix Fry on a lovely sunny day…
A tough but spectacular ride in the Alps over Col de l’Arpettaz, Col des Aravis and Col de la Croix Fry on a beautiful sunny day.
Today I got to meet some of my fellow members of the Club des Cent Cols which I joined last year. The occasion was a bike ride in the Jura mountains featuring Col de la Lèbe and the Col de la Rochette
I decided to ignore the weather forecast and took on this toughish ride to the highest point of the Vosges mountains, Le Grand Ballon. The gamble paid off…
A cycling loop from Lans-en-Vercors down the Gorges du Furon to Grenoble and climbing back into the Vercors at Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte with views over Grenoble and of Les Trois Pucelles
Climb of Route des Ecouges to the scary tunnel and beyond..
A ride down the beautiful Vernaison valley on a scorching hot day…