Tag Archives: Mont Ventoux
July 20, 2009 – L’Etape du Tour and Bourg St Maurice
We eventually hit the first climb which broke everyone up. People cracked almost immediately – why they headed out so hard was beyond me. 170km in the southern France heat is a long, long way. The ride had some decent climbs including a tough one into Sault. I took off on that one just to test the legs. Sault is a nice little village and everyone was out. I stopped for water but some dudes charged through (clearly serious about their time). Continue reading
July 19 – L’Etape Reg, Ventoux Recce 2
After having camped up at free parking-only camping at the main camp ground in Bedoin, we headed for breakfast at the Hotel de Relais in the main drag in Bedoin and had very good coffee. We started off trying cafe au lait, trying to get all latte-like, but the French don’t have a bar of that. It’s noisettes (espressos), or cafe (black) or I ask for cafe with creme. Continue reading
July 18 – Swiss Alps to Bedoin, Mont Ventoux Recce
We awoke this morning to SNOW!! That’s right it had snowed. We got cracking early and found an awesome cafe for … Continue reading
Planning the Ventoux+camping
As I mentioned in a previous posts here and here, I am putting a lot of thinking into planning this trip; particularly in regard of positioning on the alps in the three big stages – Stage 16, Stage 17 and … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour: Mont Ventoux
So, we’re doing L’Etape Du Tour. Check it out below. Looks a little easy to me. The Tour hits the Ventoux in what people are calling its Queen Stage in Stage Continue reading
France pour le Tour: Itinerary
So, I recently posted I was off to France with my friend (well, it’s more that I just feel sorry for him, and let him tag along so some of my life’s awesomeness rubs off on him) for Le Tour … Continue reading
We’re going to France
We’re going to France! Stay tuned, for news on our itinerary, twitter feed and more.