Month: Dec 2018

One of our first steps in planning is our routes.   We need to work out where we will be stopping each night so we can book our accommodation.  We also need to make sure that the distances and climbing each day is achievable.  There is a difference between challenging ourselves and being broken on the second day.  Its not just the riders we have to consider but also our support crew.  Their day doesn’t stop once the cyclists have finished, so we need to make sure the days aren’t too long for them as well.

So this week we sat down with the Strava website to create our routes.  We have now 6 days of routes planned with some amazing and iconic climbs.   Most of the days will be about 65 miles with 10,000 feet of climbing.  We will be doing some of the classic cols such as Col du Galibier, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Telegraphe, Alpe d’Huez, Lacet de Montvernier, Col de la Maderleine.

Next step will be planning on how we get to ourselves and all the bikes over to the Alps.

• Stage 3 – Val Cenis to La Grave (Col du Télégraphe)
• Stage 2 – Sainte-Foy to Val Cenis (Col du Glandon)
• Stage 1 – Albertville to Sainte-Foy
• The journey
• Alps challenge summary
• Col de la Madeleine
• All the climbs
• Onward & upward
• It’s all down to the preparation
• The whole thing hinges on this!