Raid Pyreneen

Raid Pyrenéen Photos

18 September 2011
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This is a photo gallery of the Raid Pyreneen coast to coast ride last week. I will have a number of Raid Pyrénéen trips in 2012. You might like:Team BboxI took 5 riders on a recce for the Etape du Tour today, over the Col de Marie Blanque and Col du Sou…Stage 16Mike Leaman from [...]

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Raid Pyreneen – Day 5

17 September 2011
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Raid Pyreneen is completed, all our riders completed the full route and will be receiving their medal and certificate from the club in due course. The last day is only 90km but the riders had to go hard to make the time cut. They arrived as a group at the finish at 12:35. You might [...]

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Raid Pyrènèen – Day 4

15 September 2011
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Great day in the mountains. We crossed over the Col de Port and Col de Puymorens in to French Catolonia, across the Cerdanya Plateau and down the super 37km descent to Prades, I was driving the van and for the first time this week I was mad jealous. It is the most fun you can have [...]

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Raid Pyrènèen – Day 3

14 September 2011
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Very different today, cold and wet. 160km with 2900 meters accent. You might like:ChristmasOlive couldn’t resist any more, Christmas is officially on. Luz ArdidenWent up to Luz Ardiden on Wednesday to get some photos of autumn colours. You can see more photos…Route du Sud PhotosI had a great time at the two stages of Route du Sud, taking photos [...]

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Raid Pyrènèen – Day 2

14 September 2011
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Another hot day for the riders, blue skies and hardly a cloud in the sky. Only 2 climbs today, Col d’Aubisque and Col du Tourmalet, 100km with 3200 meters of climbing. More than enough.  You might like:Etape du Tour 2010Today was the last of out Etape du Tour reccee. It was a better day than it looks in [...]

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Raid Pyreneen – Day 1

12 September 2011
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Day one of the Raid is done. 200km with 3000m accent, finishing with the Col du Marie Blanque in 30°c. Epic! All the riders made it to the finish today. There was a 2 hour gap between first and last. Tomorrow morning at 08:00 it is up the Col d`Aubisque as we leave the Basque [...]

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Raid Pyrènèen – Eve

11 September 2011
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In Hendaye with a group of cyclists for the Raid Pyrènèen. They will start riding at 09:00 tomorrow and have to reach Cebère by 13:00 on Friday. First job is to get all the bikes together. You might like:Winter Wonderland.Lots of snow this weekend and very cold temperatures again so no cycling for at least [...]

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Raid Pyrénéen

6 September 2011
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I have updated the page about the Raid Pyrénéen with new maps and more info about the route. The page is about the 100 hours Randonneur version. I will be adding a page about the 10 day Touriste version over the winter. Next week I have a group of riders doing the 100 hours from west to [...]

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Raid Pyreneen

24 March 2011
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We have added another week of the Raid Pyreneen. The start date is Sunday 29 August 2011, riding from west to east. Details are here: Raid Pyreneen. This week is for a group of riders doing it for UK cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support. We have a few extra places available if you wish to ride that [...]

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All photos by Paddy Sweeney unless otherwise stated.