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@Brommers
Not so much a weekend ride as a week's ride, but I've just finished riding from Geneva to Nice with a group of friends. We were lucky enough to have a support van driving along with us, which could take all the luggage. We weren't able to do the original route due to the fact that the tunnel east of Bourg d'Oisans is shut on account of the fact that it's currently falling into the lake. This mean no Alpe d'Huez and no Col de Telegraphe or Galibier. It also meant we ended up having to take a train for 55km on day 4. It was still an excellent trip though. Brief details are:
Day 1: 94.4km, 2063m climbing, Cols de Colombiere and Aravis
Day 2: 91.3km, 2206m climbing, Col de la Madelaine
Day 3: 110.5km, 2616m climbing, Lacets de Montvernier, Col de Croix de Fer and a bit of Alpe d'Huez
Day 4: 111.9km, 2730m climbing, Cols de Ornon, Parquetout and Noyer
Day 5: 96.8km, 2768m climbing, Cols de Vars and Bonnette
Day 6: 140.4km, 2336m climbing, Cols de Ste Martin and Turini
Total riding 645.3km and 14,719m of climbing. Highlight for me was the Lacets de Montvernier. Everyone else rode straight past it to the bottom of the Croix de Fer, but I wasn't going to miss them so doubled back and rode it.
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