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Briançon
... to arrive. Dad also had a cheese platter since he was peckish. Anoop sampled one of the goat cheeses and Dad told him if you breathed out through your nose while sampling it you would really taste the goat. After trying this he decided it was not a good idea at all and would not recommend doing so. We then headed back to camp to change and pick up our bikes.
We set off for the Clarée Valley near Briançon and parked in a small lot ...
Col d'Izoard
... again started climbing our way out of the valley. The river was soon several hundred meters below us and we were litterally cycling on a tiny road that was carved into the side of a cliff face. It was a sheer drop on one side and there were no railings so I stayed nearly in the middle of the road. The views were amazing and Megs managed to get a photo of all of us riding under an impressive rock overhang.
We then began another descent till we hit the main ...
Col du Lautaret
... most of the way with Rod, Tan and Hille. When we got to La Grave, we stopped to regroup and spotted Hille sitting outside having lunch at a restaurant. I asked him to refill my waterbottle in the washroom for me since we weren’t ready to stop for lunch yet (the plan was to stop on top of the Col). I wanted to do a little detour at this point to ride up to a scenic viewpoint, right across from the Meije glacier. I had spotted a little section in one of ...
The toughest bike ride of my life
... 8217;Huez but definitely tougher. Of course, Tanya, in her never ending quest for a workout, had researched the hardest – yes, you read that correctly: HARDEST – way to reach the summit. We started our climb from St. Michel de Maurienne at around 11 am. The sun was out, I was still feeling pretty limber, and off I toodled with the gang. The first part of the climb began within about a kilometer. What I was soon to find out that this was only the ...
Col de l'Iseran
... Mägge and Hille already well set up. We pulled in beside them in a beautiful little campsite beside a river and only a short walk from town. We decided that since it was their first night there that we would head in to town to find something to eat rather than cooking in camp. We found a nice little pizzeria which was packed, but they managed to squeeze us in. We all ordered various pizzas and Anoop chose one that had an egg on top! When ...