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Thanks for this , my thinking at the moment is to keep a close eye on the weather and to have alternate lower routes if some of the higher passes are closed. I'm going with my brother and we will both be on more off road focused bikes so hopefully variable conditions shouldn't prove to much of an issue. Average temperature in Piedmont in may is about 20 degrees day and 10 degrees at night at lower altitude so should be nice for bivvying.
Georgel
First in July 2015, then Sept 2016 and 2017 (I planned the route and set up the ride - hi everyone, good thread..). I've ridden on road in the Alps in late May / early June when some of the 2000m+ passes have been shut still, eg Galibier shut and the Bonette had walls of snow either side of the road above ~2500m, so the high stradas further north and smaller roads eg off the top of the Sampeyre might be interesting early in the season.