March 2010

104km ride today.

March 28, 2010

Did a 104km ride with 2649m altitude gain today. Very tired but very happy, getting fit for summer. Col du Segus, Cote de Lestelle, Col du Soulor, Col du Borderes, Lac d’Estaing & Cote de Arcizans. function scro11me(f){f.contentWindow.scrollTo(0,0); }

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Col du Tourmalet

March 27, 2010

Its only the end March and I am already receiving emails asking when the Tourmalet is open. The answer is not for 2 months yet. At the moment you can ride from Luz to the ski station at Superberages which is 4.6km from the summit at 1800m. From the east you can ride to La [...]

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I love cycling. I love road trips.

March 26, 2010

There are few things  in this world I love more than a cycling road trip, the longest so far has been a 570km, 7 and a half hours drive to Madrid to see the Vuelta a Espagne in 2009. On Wednesday, myself and Olive drove for 5 hours to get to the finish of Stage [...]

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Volta a Catalunya, stage 4.

March 25, 2010

Some photos from the start of stage 4. See the photo gallery of stage 4, Volta a Catalunya 2010.

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Volta a Catalunya

March 24, 2010

Went down to see the finish of stage 3 of Volta a Catalunya in La Seu d’Urgell today. It is a 275km drive across the mountains through some stunning scenery, took 5 hours. I’ll add a full report and photo gallery on Friday.

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Happy St Patrick’s Day from the Pyrenées

March 17, 2010

Early morning spin up Hautacam, the warmest day of the year so far, it’s already 20°c at 11:00h.

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Spring

March 13, 2010

We had heavy snow on Sunday and Monday, part of what the local paper called the never ending winter. From Wednesday it has been dry and sunny but bitterly cold as anybody who was watching Paris-Nice will know. Despite this the presence of spring is everywhere to see, trees and bushes are sprouting leafs and [...]

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Storm Damage.

March 1, 2010

Over half of the trees in the park in Argeles-Gazost were destroyed in the storm.

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Xynthia, the perfect storm.

March 1, 2010

The Pyrenees were hit by a big storm on Saturday, called Xynthia it brought death and destruction to much of western Europe especially the west coast of France, 50 people are reported dead. In the Pyrenees a number of people died from falling trees and many roads are blocked by trees and rock falls. We were without [...]

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