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…
Col du Tourmalet Col du Tourmalet is a Cat HC climb in Hautes Pyrenees. The summit is 2115 meters altitude. The road D918 connects the Vallées des Gaves to the west with Vallée de Campan to the east. It is the most used climb in the Tour de France. 2018 will be the 86th time…
Hautacam Hautacam is a Cat HC climb in the Vallée du Lavedan in Hautes Pyrénées. The climb up Hautacam starts from Argelès-Gazost by the Gave de Pau river near the rugby club, on road D100. The start altitude is 431m. It is 14.5km to the ski station at Hautacam. The road continues for 1.3km to the dead-end…
Hautacam Photos A few photos from hautacam today.
French Tour de France Winners. Despite not winning for the past 29 years, France is still well ahead in stage and GC wins. France 36 Belgium 18 Spain 12 Italy 9 Luxembourg 5 USA 3 Netherlands 2 Switzerland 2 England 2 Germany 1 Denmark 1 Australia 1 Ireland 1 France has had 680 stage wins…
Tour de France Wins By Nation France (36 victories) 1903 : Garin 1904 : Cornet 1905 : Trousselier 1906 : Pottier 1907/08 : Petit-Breton 1910 : Lapize 1911 : Garrigou 1923 : H. Pélissier 1930/32 : Leducq 1931/34 : Magne 1933 : Speicher 1937 : R. Lapébie 1947 : Robic 1953/54/55 : L. Bobet 1956…
Alberto Contador Alberto Contador has put an end to a very successful spring season but has already started the preparation of his major target: the Tour de France. Last week he made a reconnaissance of the decisive stages in the Pyrenees and the final long time trial of the French race. Last week Alberto Contador…