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Can highly recommend the route of the Vaujany.
Otherwise, a good day to do if you have the car is:
- drive to cafe near top of glandon
- descend the croix-de-fer
- cross the valley at la chambre
- climb the madeleine
- drink hot chocolate in the nice cafe up there
- descend madeleine back to la chambre
- climb glandon from the back
Just over 100km.
- drive to cafe near top of glandon
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What others have said, especially the Sarenne.
The dead end to La BΓ©rarde is a good ride too. Head south from Bourg d'Oisans then turn right onto the D530 at the left hand bend. There is (or was back in 1999) a great little cafe in the village for lunch.
Another route off the beaten track is the road to Villard-Notre-Dame. It wasn't paved entirely but was easily tackled on a road bike.
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I currently live in Grenoble. Hit me up if you need any info about the area or wanna stop by for a pint, though I do not recommend the latter as the valley in which Grenoble lies and the roads to it are polluted as fuck.
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Quite possibly the wrong place for this but I'm heading to the Alps with @J0nathan and a couple of others not of this parish in August. We're going to be based near Alpe d'Huez for 7 days.
Any recommendations for routes around there? Will have access to a car so can drive someplace and do a loop. Obviously there is an embarrassment of riches in terms of climbs around those parts and plenty of detailed websites, but what's not to miss? Huez, Galabier and Croix de Fer on the hit list so far but it'd be good to get routes sorted and loaded onto garmins/maps bought before we head out :)