Great news:: Warren got a new passport. With that we jetted out of Paris and headed for the Belgian border, for the famed cobbles of Paris – Roubaix. The riders hit seven sections of this nasty stuff. And it is nasty. My sunglasses almost disappear into a random gap in the Pave. Lance was on [...]
Today we climbed into the morning fog, to tackle Luz Ardiden. This is the place where Lance and Iban Mayo crashed when a spectator’s bag hooked Lance’s handlebar. We reenacted the scene: Then we did some final velo-herding. After this our final Pyrenees ride we went to Paris for a get Warren a new passport.
Today we planned on riding to Spain via the col du Tentes. The day started out warm and humid. Here you can see the steam wafting off Warren. We had the road almost to ourselves. Passing only two other cyclist on the way up. Near the top the road was blocked to car traffic, with [...]
We wanted to do the Soulor and Ausbique, but we were totally socked in IRF (instrument flight rating) conditions. I had read that there were wild horses on the mountain. There were! Between the truncated ride and the start of the TdF, we sacked a castle!
We have landed in Pierrefitte-Nestalas, in the High Pyrenees. This is home base: To get the nasty taste of Marseille out of our mouths, we decided to tackle the Tourmalet, the highest mountain in the Pyrenees. The Tour de France has used this mountain more than any other in this range. It is long and [...]
Warren has misplaced his passport. So we leave the alps for Marseille France, where the US Consulate is supposed to give him a new passport. The drive to Marseille was nuts!!! We went over a huge mountain on an 8 foot hide goat path. Nice views though. Bye bye Alps. Marseille is a total ghetto, [...]
This is the last day in the Alps and the last day at the Hotel Cassini. We today we climbed road only the locals would know about. It dead ends behind the mountains of Les Deux Alps ski station. Nice views.