Bicycle tour through France starting in Geneva with legs in the French Alps, Loire Valley, Normandy and finishing up in Paris.
After enjoying the majestic splendour of the Alpes, it is time to head for the Loire. The plan for the day is an easy cycle back down the valley to the outskirts of Grenoble to pick up a rental car. The cycling part of the…
Continue reading...The last of our transit days into the Alps intersected with the route of the Tour de France. Initially we were aiming to get to the intermediate sprint point to stop and watch the riders go by. We stopped at Vizille for provisions and by…
Continue reading...Today is another transit day to get us down into the Alps and closer to our ultimate destination of Bourg d'Oisans at the foot of Alpe d'Huez. The journey to Grenoble is a bit longer that our first day at around 90 kms, but has…
Continue reading...This is one of the longer days on this tour and has the most amount of climbing. For us this was a fairly ambitious first day on the bike after 22 hours of flying and a 3 hour stopover in Abu Dhabi. Leaving Geneva you…
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