Tuesday, July 19th we left Milan to join our tour group in Oulx, a small village in the Italian Alps. Fot the rest of the week we will travel with Backroads Travel who have arranged guides, hotel accommodations, bicycles, and supports to see stages of the Tour de France while bicycling ourselves.
After breakfast at our hotel, we took the Metro (with backpacks) to the train station to catch a train to Turin and then transferred to a train to Oulx. Our guides met us at the station and shuttled us to our hotel in the village of Mountgenevere. We met our tour group and set out on our bicycles for a 25 mile "spin" in the Alps.
The big climb today was one of several big climbs the Tour de France will do tomorrow. In the AM we will climb a much bigger peak ahead of the pros and then we will group near the peak and wait for the TDF to pass us
The group had dinner together in the hotel. A fantastic meal! A wonderful evening, then we retired early. Tomorrow the cycling is more demanding.The big climb today was one of several big climbs the Tour de France will do tomorrow. In the AM we will climb a much bigger peak ahead of the pros and then we will group near the peak and wait for the TDF to pass us
Bike Geek Alert:
Bike geeks will want to know (Hank insists) that the bikes are titanium frames with Shimano gears -triple crank with a 9-speed rear cluster. We eased into Alpine climbing with "only" 2400 feet of elevation gain. The bikes run well, even though Hank preferes Campagnolo gears (Its an Italian thing)
3 comments:
Hank mom and I are both folloing this. it is great. MB
If Hank survives this, I'm pushing to have him tested for PEDs.
Thanks for taking us along on your amazing adventure!
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