Sarah, I agree with you on this one and correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Mayo also start attacking as everyone else was waiting for Lance to come back after...
Darren Earp
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Aug 1, 2003 8:10 am
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Mayo attacked first on Luz Ardiden Lance counter attacked to pass him Boy waving musette bag topples Lance Mayo rides into Lance and falls Jan barely avoids...
OKay okay, you are all right about Mayo on Luz Ardiden. My question was designed to stimulate discussion and wonder whether he had lost a 4th place through his...
Hi guys, I vaguely remember I promised someone I'd post the dates on which some French cols are closed to cars from 9.00 to 11.00. Here they are: Col de...
... Merci pour la publicité ;o)) Yesterday I decided i would take the day off at work today, not because it is the swiss national holiday ( we work here on...
Francois, what would be your top 10? Maybe everybody could make his list and publish it here with some motivation? Top 10 in most important country*, Top 10 in...
Here is a start, my top ten is based on my level of suffering endured either as a result of fatigue, hunger knock or wrong gears! I could draw up a list based...
Darren Earp
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Aug 4, 2003 8:41 am
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Hi, Climbing is great. And listing climbs is also nice. At the moment my all time favourites are the following: 1. Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy (Dolomites) Very...
... Hi Luddo What's the Spandelles like? I rode the Soulor from that valley (which is quite spectacular)altho the woman I was riding with was intent on riding...
Bonjour Francois, ... actually cool ... light. But ... and one ... The lighting must be a recent feature, the 800m long tunnel was pitch dark when I rode it...
Just back from my little trip. The last climb on the granfondo del alto adige mentioned by Olivier Huts looked pretty innocuous on the race profile, certainly...
... It seems my message from yesterdag didn't came through. Here it is again. The Spandelles is a killer. Harder than Aubisque or Tourmalet. But short and...
... I wrote something about the col du sabot in 2001(?). We took the car to the top and went for a walk with sights over the lac de grandmaison (CdF). I am not...
When I climbed Soulor/Aubisque from Argeles-Gazost I almost did the return trip by descending the D126 from the Soulor to the western base of the Spandelles,...
Does anyone know if the stretch from the Spandelles to the Couraduque is paved and ... Hi Karol, according to the 12 th edition of the Michelin map No 85...
Thanks François, I have the Michelin 234 and it indicated an unpaved road (solid line paired with a dashed line) which, along with the impending downpour, was...
I cycled from Argeles-gazost to the aubiusque, back to the soulor and than up spandelles and down to Argeles. This was a small but paved road. There were some...
... lac de ... mountain bike. ... the top. ... I was looking for the conditions of the road from Vaujany to col du Sabot. On the Michelin map it is still a...
Luddo was saying: And I have still to go back to Bolzano to try another time the ... I have the solution for you: modify the recumbent so that you can ride ...
... Thanks. That is just what I was looking for. Now I'll have to come back and try it. Karol ============================== Karol E. Zielonko Jr. OpenVMS...
All the talk about the 5 tours club has prompted lots of debate about who was the best ever. Most people agree it is Merckx. But who is the best all round...
I agree. Ullrich can climb with the best and is possibly the best tt'ist. He suffers from poor timing, in that Lance rides the TdF. Bettini has the talent to...
... Hi Luddo As Francois said the Sabot is a genuine paved climb. I rode it in 20001,2002. The road conditions are below average but rideable with loose...
Hi Francois and Luddo, ... the women's Tour de France will be riding up it again tomorrow, although I'm not sure how far up they will stop - the banners on the...
... before ... Thanks i will check it out. ... It is easier to look at arrows than counting elevation lines. In my opinion the maps are easier to read and get...
... And for me the hardest climb remains the one i did not do, or rather finish. It also happens to be quite beautiful. I believe i related this before, but...
Some time ago I visited the Lake District in England and told you of my struggle over the 30% gradients of Hard Knot Pass and Wrinose Pass. I've just had a...
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