You can see ride details and some photos here to wet your whistle https://www.cicerone.co.uk/cycling-in-the-pyrenees-col-des-tentes-and-cirque-de-troumouse
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Hope to also do Col de Pailheres, Col du Pradel and a few others around Foix
You touring about a bit?
Few different campsites in the pyrennes.
Over to the Basque country for a while too.
Two hard days on the bike there. Will have to pace myself
It's one road out of Luz and then it forks at Gedre, so you "could" do both in one ride. Tromouse is awesome though. The final stretch is just you and a dotto train on this narrow ribbon with the most amazing views all around you.
Absolutely stacked. It's hard to look past Pogacar for the Tour
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Ethan Hayter the strongest by some way at the Nat Champs at the weekend, really impressive win. He is an enormous talent but a lot of talk on how he struggles for positioning in the pro-peloton, and might be leaving Ineos. Hope he finds the best path forward. He is also a beast on the track, would have thought mixing it in a world level points races would make you fearless for bike positioning.
His Belgian alter ego, Arnaud de Lie (young, strong AF, some issues with positioning) also won their Nat Champs. Buried Philipsen, van Aert, Meeus, Merlier and Nys in a straight sprint, massive win. De Lie will ride the Tour and should contest stage wins if he can navigate the ultra-tactical lead out train battles that dictate things.
His Belgian alter ego, Arnaud de Lie (young, strong AF, some issues with positioning) also won their Nat Champs. Buried Philipsen, van Aert, Meeus, Merlier and Nys in a straight sprint, massive win. De Lie will ride the Tour and should contest stage wins if he can navigate the ultra-tactical lead out train battles that dictate things.
Saw Sepp Kuss is out of the Tour. Whatever voodoo doll Pogacar has this year is working a treat. He surely can't have a better chance to get the double.
Tour starts today, no Paris finish because of the Olympics. Also means no Arc de Triomphe to sign Cavendish off. Shame that.
Into the Alps early doors as well.
Into the Alps early doors as well.
Special on Gino Bartali in the highlights tonight at 7pm btw.
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8 min down on leaders 5 min on peloton 120 km to go .
5 more categorised climbs.
Big trouble indeed.
He looks as if he is ill.
Be surprised if he isn't timed out