Col de Puymorens Col de Puymorens is a Cat HC climb in Ariége. The summit is at 1915 metres altitude near the border of France, Spain and Andorra. It was first used in Le Tour de France in 1913 and last in 1993. The road to the col is very busy and it has very…
Luz-Ardiden Luz Ardiden is a Cat HC climb to a ski station in Hautes Pyrenees. About 30km south of Lourdes in a valley known as Pays Toy (country of the small people). The climb starts in the spa town of Saint Sauveur at 710m altitude and climbs for 13.1km @ 8% to the summit at…
Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin is a Cat HC climb in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The col is on the border between France and Spain. It has appeared in one Tour de France in 2007, on a stage that finished at Col d’Aubisque. The 2015 Tour de France will have a stage finish…
Col d’Aubisque The Col d’Aubisque (1,709 m) is in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Aquitaine region of France. It is approx. 50km south of the city of Pau. Col d’Aubisque photo Gallery. The col is on the northern slopes of the Pic de Ger (2,613m.) and connects the towns of Laruns, in the…
Criterium de Lacq-Audejos Criterium de Lacq-Audejos will take place on Monday 4th August 2014. This will be the 7th edition of the race. It is one of many post Tour de France criteriums which take place throughout Europe in the first few weeks after Le Tour. Lacq-Audéjos is a town of 700 people just west…
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 cycling’s…
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!
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…