Stage 4 was always going to be massive. 4000m of climbing crammed into 102km takes some doing. Today we would scale Tourmalet again, then the gorgeous Hourquette Ancizan, with the Col de Portet providing a vey tough finish to the day. Again, perfect conditions. The forecast was for even warmer temperatures. Suits me fine. I’m … Read more
Today’s stage was 117km long incorporating 3300m of climbing. The principal ‘difficulties’ as the French beautifully describe climbs in bike race, were the Col du Tourmalet and the Col du Couraduque. Yet again, fantastic conditions greeted us at the start with a nice, warm day ahead of us. Despite the big altitude differences in the … Read more
Stage 2 looked downright scary on paper, 3 big climbs amounting to 3900m of climbing spread over 121km. The way my legs felt the previous day I was seriously concerned as to whether I would get through this day in good shape. We woke to a gloriously clear day, the views of the Pyrenees as … Read more
Stage 1 of Haute Route Pyrenees is done. What a day and certainly plenty to talk about. Today’s stage started and finished in Pau, 148km with 2800m of climbing. The two principal climbs of the day were the Col de Labays and the Col de Marie Blanque. Both these climbs are tough, Labays is effectively … Read more
So, just a few hours to go before we embark on stage 1 of Haute Route Pyrenees. We been briefed this evening and fed well. At 7.30 tomorrow morning we start in Pau with a 148km stage ahead of us. Two big climbs, Col de Labays and Col de Marie Blanque will give us 2700m … Read more
This Saturday sees the start of the Haute Route Pyrenees cycling event. It will be our third consecutive year participating in this incredible race and this year with our biggest team ever. For the last couple of years I’ve written blogs on a few of the days to describe my experiences of the event and … Read more
We are very excited to announce that Alpine Cadence will have a team (albeit just 2 of us!) at the amazing Taiwan KOM Challenge in October. Your’s truly as well as Oliver Reeves who works with us as a guide will be taking part in this unique event that was won last year by some … Read more
We are very excited to be riding the Haute Route Pyrenees again this August with our biggest and best team ever. Whether you are riding on our team this year or maybe thinking of doing so in years to come this is the place to ask questions and for us to share our advice on … Read more