Montée du Géant Montée du Géant – Rise of the Giant. Le Géant du Tourmalet is the statue on top of the col which is removed in October for safe keeping and returned to the summit in June each year. This year it will be on Saturday 7th June from Bagnéres de Bigorre. Depart is…
Lucien Buysse Lucien Buysse, 11 September 1892 – 3 January 1980, was a Belgian cyclist and winner of the 1926 Tour de France. Lucien Buysse was born in Wontergem Belgium in 1892, Buysse started racing as a professional in 1914, in which year he rode his first Tour de France. He comes from one of…
Tour des 3 Vallée Tour des 3 Vallées is a stage race promoted by our local racing club UC Lavedan. It attracts the best amateure teams from across south west France. Here are a few photos of stage 3 which finished up the 10km climb to Cauterets.
Cyclotouring France Donna and Milton from Sydney, Australia. They left Pyrenees Cycling Lodge this morning for a month long tour of southern France. Bon Route!
Adam Hansen Shoes I need new cycling shoes. It’s always a problem for me as my feet are wider than normal. 42 is a good length but they are too tight around the foot. While 44 is a good fit around the foot but are too long. Aussie cyclist Adam Hansen makes his own shoes.…
Tour de France Stage Profiles 2014 Here are the 2014 Tour de France Stage Profiles for all 21 stages. In all they add up to 3600 km of racing with 5 mountain top finishes. Planche des Belles Filles, Chamrousse, Risoul, Pla d’Adet and Hautacam. There is only one time trial. -Stage 1 – Saturday, 5…
FDJ at Hautacam I planned to catch the Francaise des Jeux team this afternoon on Hautacam. My guess was that they would be starting the climb about 14:00. I was wrong! They were finished before that. Anyway I caught then right at the top and got a few photos. Hope to catch up with them again…
Francaise des Jeux The French World Tour team, Francaise des Jeux, are in the Pyrenees this week for some mountain training in preparation for Le Tour de France. The team which is sponsored by the French national lottery, www.fdj.fr will be built around Thibaut Pinot. Pinot is a very talented rider. He is 24 years old and many…
Eugene Christophe Eugene Christophe was born in Malakoff, near Paris on 22 January 1885. He was a professional cyclist from 1904 to 1926. In 1919 he became the first rider to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France. In all he rode the Tour 11 times, finishing 8 but never winning, however, he…
Tour de France TV presenter and producer, Gérard Holtz has been in the area for the past 2 weeks filming a TV programme about the events of the 1913 Tour de France. The Eugene Christophe story is one of the great legends of Le Tour de France. Locations have included Hautacam and Saint-Savin, it will…
Hautacam Photos A few photos from hautacam today.
Ride to Hautacam Today I cycled to the Tour de France stage finish for the 27th time this year. It was a cool morning so I waited for the day to warmup. By the time I went out at 15:00 it was very hot and humid, exactly the weather I hate most. It made it…