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Briançon
Mägge and Hille left early in the morning to head back to Davos. We set off to Briançon to explore one of Vauban's fortified towns. Vauban was a military engineer to King Louis XVI during the mid-18th century. He designed around eight fortified towns in the region, including Briançon, which is now a UNESCO world heritage site. The town is known for its many sundials so we enjoyed hunting for them as we went on our walking tour. We ...
Col d'Izoard
Today we set out to tackle the Col du Izoard, another popular Tour de France climb. It was about a 1500m elevation gain to the top over about 22 km – shorter compared to some of the other ascents we've done. With some steep sections of around 14% thrown into the mix, it made for quite a challenging climb. We set out from our campsite in Briançon and headed up a road around the base of the old town that led us towards the Col. It was uphill for the first third of the ...
Col du Lautaret
... an idea of the speeds I was doing on the downhill, it was probably in the range of 40-50 km/hr (Rod and Mägge on their road bikes were faster). Doing those speeds on a bike and getting nearly swept sideways made my heart race a bit and consequently slow down a bit, too. Rod also gave me some tips on speeding up my descent when he saw that I was sitting too upright and that my jacket was catching the wind like a sail. Trying to get your chest down close to ...
The half way point
... some significant wealth at some point as there are a large number of very old big ritzy residences. We are staying in one that has been converted into a hotel. Barcelonnette is well off the beaten track so it's history must be a little obscure. Tomorrow we go over the Alps into Italy and spend two days at Portofino. I expect to be writing tomorrows entry from my sun lounge whilst sipping a martini that has been shaken, not stirred. I am off now to iron Roger's ...
Croix de Fer
... me of an abominable snowman or a yeti perched on your head… needless to say, it was not purchased. I had seen a neat jersey with all the mountain climbs they had done and were going to do so we stopped by once it opened up after lunch. Anoop and Dad quite liked the jersey and picked up one each. Anoop also found another pair of bib shorts which he assured me were a great deal and he just couldn’t resist. It was still raining, but around ...
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