I prefered this event to the Marmotte -- a bit less of a slog, a bit
more like a race, since people rode in groups more often in the places
between the various climbs.

When I rode it I dropped Carol Rasmussen, the winner of one of the
women's categories that year, on the climb up to Villard-Reculas,
which is about halfway, but she reeled me in, caught and passed me in
the final 500 metres before Vaujany.


--- In kom_@yahoogroups.com, François Siohan <francois.siohan@...> wrote:
>
> hello everybody,
> Yesterday I entered the Vaujany
> details here
> http://www.sportcommunication.com/newsite/horaire.php?Id=81&langue=2
>
> Oege Hiddema, who won it a few years back,
> decided to have a go of it alone from the very
> first climb. I heard that at one point he was 10
> mn ahead of his nearest followers.
>
> However, in the end they reeled him in, just a
> few km before the finish and he ended up being
> 5th.
>
> But he told me he really enjoyed his epic ride
> over le Col de la morte (Alpe du grand Serre),
> Ornon, Alpe d'Huez, and the wild Col des Sarenne.
>
> Cheers
>
> François
>