4-2-2-france-2021

Delayed start in Samedan as we waited for the heavy rain to end over a coffee. Starting in full rain gear… First shades cast on the ascent to the Bernina Pass. Sunscreen needed...

J: Jausiers Our stopover after the Bonnette K: Kilometers We covered over 800 kilometers (about 100 km per day). However, the almost 1800 meters of altitude were more...

Car: We saw many. Only one almost hit Beat. On the descent from col de Saisies, a car stopped on the right side at a wide spot. Beat thought it wanted to let him and the biker...

As of 19.6.2021 17:30 --> will be updated later Number of days of the trip: 9, with 1 day of travel Number of driving hours: 42:51 h Total distance traveled: 830 km Total...

After starting in Chamonix, the first challenge was to overcome the Montets. After descending to the Swiss border, it went uphill again to the Forclaz. Then a descent of 1000m...

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After the early wake-up call from the cow herd and breakfast with all the hikers on the TMB, we quickly climbed the last meters of elevation to Cormet de Roselend (1968 m). Once...

Great, very long descent of almost 50km from Col de l'Iséran (2764 m) through Val d'Isere to Bourg-St-Maurice (810 m). Then climb towards Cormet de Roselend (1968 m). In Les...

We have already crossed two more passes, one of them being the Col de l'Iséran (2764 m), a real beast.

Right after checking out, we started the ascent to Col du Lauteret with our trusty bikes. Note: this pass is just a detour... Then the impressive ride up to Col du Galibier...

The main task today was to cross the Col de Vars (2108). Beautiful ascent, fast descent and memories of the OL's from 2019. Then, almost at the bottom of the valley, we decided...

It is done, we made it to the top. The journey was long, with tailwind at the beginning. There were many old vehicles like Ferraris and Porsches passing us by. At the top, the...

Die ersten 41km und 600 Höhenmeter sind absolviert. Der tiefste Punkt lag auf 480m. Somit liegen auf den nächsten km nach der Verpflegung noch einige 100 Höhenmeter vor uns.

Start at the Promenade in Nice. Across the city and out into nature. First destination: Col St-Roche via Coaraze. What we didn't know: the road was closed for the last ascent,...

More information about the mountain: https://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/mont-ventoux/ The start and finish of this route was in Carpentras.

Update coming soon.

Getting there: from Orange to Carpentras The cycle path(!) mostly follows a former railway track.

Reached the first milestone of the journey.

In 1990 I rode over the Iseran pass. In an 8000-meter expedition you would say in Alpine style (fast, with little luggage). On the first day, I still worked in Palézieux from 04...

Our year of birth is 1967. On 25.07.1967, my father and four other teammates rode over the Col d'Iseran. Two years earlier, they had done a bike tour over the Stelvio Pass and...