Fun!
This trip is a short break where we climb some amazing, iconic climbs often used in the Tour de France. The food and wine is good in the evenings and the whole weekend in centred on you having as good a time as possible.
Hotels & Accommodation
All accommodation has been arranged for the dates highlighted in the tour.
Refreshments
The support vehicles will always make itself available to provide you with your refreshments. If you need a water refill on a climb, we will stop in a convenient place to help you out.
Evening Meals
We provide all of the evening meals along with wine either at the hotel or at carefully selected restaurants . Our tours aren’t just about great cycling they’re also about great food and enjoying ourselves.
Airport Transfers
We will pick you up and drop you off at the required airports.
Bike Storage
We understand how much you love your bike and we will do everything we can to help keep them safe. Each hotel we stay at has good quality bike storage and we supply additional chains and padlocks to ensure excellent security.
GPS Routes
As well as having a support rider and support van in close proximity we will also provide you with the routes so you can load them onto you navigation device. If you don’t have a navigation device we can rent you one locally.
Tools
We carry a comprehensive tool kit in the back of the support vehicle along with a number of basic replacement parts. Each member of our team is capable of helping with bike maintenance and basic repairs. We do advise however that you know how to disassemble and assemble your own bike and have the tools to do so. Please bring spare inner tubes and a puncture repair kit.
What’s Needed:
Fitness
Riding in the mountains is tough and we create our tours to ensure maximum levels of achievement which comes hand in hand with maximum physical exertion. For this reason we recommend a decent level of fitness and motivation. We will happily create routes for any level of fitness and experience so if you have any concerns please feel free to contact us, together we can come up with the best possible options to suit your needs.
Bike
For this tour, we suggest that you rent a bike locally in Bourg d’Oisans. The bikes are good quality and set up for riding in the mountains. The cost is probably less than you would pay to transport your bike on the plane.
Helmet
We expect you to wear a helmet at all times while riding.
Clothing
Please bring appropriate clothing. The climbs can be hot but the long fast descents can get cold especially if you are damp from the hard climb. Extra layers can be kept in the support vehicle so that you don’t have to carry them but please ensure that you bring good quality kit.
It is also advisable to bring good sun protection.