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almac68
Me and a friend did the Roseland last year, in the reverse direction to this year's race, and in a camper van. It's long and steep and there's a lot of hairpins. We got to the bottom at Bourg St Maurice, slowed down to get on to the main road. And the brakes failed, completely. My mate steered us off to the side and we just sat there for a minute in silence.