Conquering Heights: Col de Tamié Cycling

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The Col de Tamie Cycling is one of the climbs that are lesser well-known, the kind you keep in your back pocket for a nice day out, or maybe something else interrupts your plans, like a hell of a storm, so you head for somewhere you know will be enjoyable and not where you’ll feel … Read more

Col du Galibier and Telegraphe – Twin Delight or Dismay?

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The Col du Galibier.  An absolute monster of a climb.  It is epic.  A true Tour classic. Not Just Another Tour Climb You can climb all the other ‘Hollywood Climbs’ such as Alpe D’Huez, and they are what they are, Tour regulars, popular with cyclists, and ascended daily by many. And these are not easy … Read more