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If I can stretch to a long weekend of bike rides, I've just got back from doing L'Etape du Tour, with some warm-up and cool-down rides to take advantage of the splendour of the Alps. We were unbelievably lucky with the weather, with nothing worse than some slightly numb braking fingers coming off Col du Galibier to worry about.
Thursday: warm-up ride down and up Alpe d'Huez. Far enough away from the main event to give it a bit of effort up the climb.
Friday: a more leisurely affair taking in Col de la Croix de Fer/Glandon and Lacets de Montvernier.
Saturday: rest
Sunday: Etape. Col de Vars, Col de L'Izoard.
Monday: Cool-down (!) - Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier, followed by a 40k descent to Bourg D'Oisans, where I was persuaded to forget about another ascent of Alpe d'Huez in favour of a cold beer or three.
More pics!