FR-IT Höhepunkte 2023

At the end of the great Alpine tour, a short flat stage over busy roads for our taste to Gap train station, the end point of the tour after 666km and a few meters of incline and...

Our 8th stage. Relaxed cycling in great surroundings. On the climb to the Col des Champs we only encountered 7 motor vehicles in just under 2 hours. At the Col d'Allos it was...

Since we had technical problems yesterday, here are the pictures of our 7th stage.

Since we stayed overnight in Beuil at 1450m, we only had 200m to the first pass. But we only had the Hasenmaat (highest mountain in the canton of Solothurn at 1445m) once. After...

Today we actually only planned one pass, the Col de la Lombarde, followed by a long descent and then relaxing. Actually… Relaxing didn't work out because we couldn't find any...

We traveled at an average speed of 13.5 km/h over the 83 km and 2900m HD. This says everything about the toughness of the stage. It either went up or down on very narrow streets....

Question 1: Where is our room with balcony? The entrance is on the ground floor. Question 2: In addition to passes, distance, etc., we also have the key figure “Hasenmatt” on...

Diverse (landscape experience, weather, roads) tour over two 2k passes with the help of the tailwind. Delayed start in the rain to climb the Col d'Izoard. The highest peaks have...

In the drizzle we start the climb to the Col de Montgenevre in Cesana. This is a pass, scenic, with some traffic that needs to be done. On the incline, the cycle path was on...

We arrived in Cesana Torinese shortly before the rains began after a varied drive over two passes. Train and bus ride to Modane. As it later turned out, this was a good...

Sorry at the beginning: refeeding was a priority. Unfortunately the Vietnamese (!) restaurant was a waiting room… After a smooth journey, we set off on our first stage of this...

Because of rain, it doesn't start until tomorrow, Tuesday. The bike is packed 8.6kg the bike and 6.5kg the luggage + 1.5l drinks. On Saturday I already saw how the...

The following text, which we found on www.quaeldich.de, aptly describes our motivation: But first, something philosophical about pass hunting A certain pull of the pass hunt on...

If anyone feels the need to take a look back at our tours from previous years: Tour 2021: https://vakantio.de/de/4-2-2-france-2021 Tour 2022:...

Actually we 'just' want to get from A (Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne) to B (Gap). In between we provide some additional loops and obstacles that we may or may not take into account...

The only plan: we start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in mid-September. We have an idea of what we could drive.