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Barrage d’Ossoue

10 November 2011
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I went for a walk from Gavarnie to Barrage d’Ossoue yesterday. It was a beautiful day with blue skies, sunshine and 15°c, perfect for the  8.5km walk from Gavarnie up the Vallée d’Ossoue. The walk takes about 2 hours on a gravel road through the National Park at an altitude between 1500 metres and 1800 metres surrounded by [...]

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Vuelta a España 2012

6 November 2011
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The 2012 Vuelta route will be revealed in January. The race will start in Pamplona in Navarre with a 15km Team Time Trail including the route used in the famous running of the bulls. “You can make a team time trial there, and we will put it on the tour, but it will not be [...]

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Puzzle: Who? Where? When?

5 November 2011

Who? Where? When? For the winter when it’s too cold and wet to go out on the bike! No prizes, it’s just for fun. [HTML1]You might like:The Luz Gang! Luz Ardiden here we come!!!The Good Old DaysI recently came across this photo of  myself on a friends Facebook gallery. It is taken during the …Raid [...]

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Specialized 2012 Catalog

11 October 2011
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The 2012 Specialized Bike Catalog is now available on-line and in your local bike shop. The road bike introduction page features a photo I took of Luz Ardiden on 01 July 2011. It is page 68 in the printed catalog and 70 in the online version. The on-line 2012 Specialized bike catalog is available on the www.specialized.com.You might like:Skiing [...]

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Col de la Pierre Saint Martin – Tour de France 2012?

26 August 2011
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The Col de la Pierre Saint Martin is hotly tipped to be the final mountain top finish of the 2012 Tour de France. I went up there yesterday to have a look at the climb. At 20km it is long and has a very hard section in the middle. It is not as hard as Tourmalet [...]

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Hautacam

22 August 2011
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I drove up Hautacam and Col du Tramassel this morning. It was a beautiful day, not as hot as the last few as there was a nice breeze. By halfway up Hautacam it was all changed, the breeze had become a strong wind. Being from Ireland I am well aquainted with high winds. In Ireland they are [...]

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Vuelta a España – Tour of Spain

20 August 2011
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The Vuelta a España gets underway in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca this afternoon with a 13.5km TT. Benidorm was once a small fishing village, over the last 4 or 5 decades it has been transformed into an ugly concrete jungle beach resort. It is however a great area for winter training and is very popular in February and March with cyclists [...]

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It’s Getting Hot.

18 August 2011
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After what has been a cold summer, the next few days will bring us a mini heatwave. So far this year we have only had 2 days with temperatures over 30°c, Saturday and Sunday are forcast for 35°c. I’ll make sure the fridge is fully stocked with cold drinks and spend the weekend under a [...]

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It's Getting Hot.

18 August 2011
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After what has been a cold summer, the next few days will bring us a mini heatwave. So far this year we have only had 2 days with temperatures over 30°c, Saturday and Sunday are forcast for 35°c. I’ll make sure the fridge is fully stocked with cold drinks and spend the weekend under a [...]

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San Sebastian Classic

31 July 2011
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I crossed the border into the Spanish Basque Country to see the San Sebastian Classic (Clásica San Sebastián in Spanish - Donostia Klasikoa in Basque) on Saturday. It is a UCI World Tour race of 227km on a very hilly course and has been run every year since 1981. Here is the list of previous winners of [...]

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Nocturne d’Argeles-Gazost

31 July 2011
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I have been to two very different races this weekend. On Friday night I went down the hill to see the Nocturne d’Argeles-Gazost. This is bacially a critérium run on closed roads around the middle of the town. There was 40 laps which took the riders about 2 hours and 10 minutes to complete. It started at [...]

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Nocturne d'Argeles-Gazost

31 July 2011
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I have been to two very different races this weekend. On Friday night I went down the hill to see the Nocturne d’Argeles-Gazost. This is bacially a critérium run on closed roads around the middle of the town. There was 40 laps which took the riders about 2 hours and 10 minutes to complete. It started at [...]

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20 Years Ago Today!

28 July 2011
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20 years ago today, Miguel Indurain won his first Tour de France in Paris. To celebrate this anniversary Miguel and some friends went for a ride in the Pyrénées. I caught up with them in Luz and on Col du Tourmalet. It was on stage 16 of the 1991 Tour de France across the Col [...]

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Preview Stage 12 Tour de France – Cugnaux – Luz-Ardiden

6 July 2011
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Stage 12 of the 2011 Tour de France will be the second high mountain stage and the first mountain top finish. The route is from Cugnaux to Luz-Ardiden. Cugnaux is in the south-west of the city of Toulouse. The route is 211km long and will cross Hourquette d’Ancizan and Col du Tourmalet before the finishing climb to Luz [...]

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