Riding the 2010 Etape course at the weekend

[huw williams]

And very nice it was too...

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Col du Marie Blanc

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Col du Soleur

[Marcus]

Tell us more.

[Dan_K]

Lucky git.

[huw williams]

[quote="Marcus"]Tell us more.

[Dombo]

Wow! So THAT's what the Pyrenees look like in summer; not the freezing, mist-shrouded hell that Andy, Del and I toiled up in '08.

[Sylv]

bit lonely at the top!

[huw williams]

[quote="Dombo"]Wow! So THAT's what the Pyrenees look like in summer; not the freezing, mist-shrouded hell that Andy, Del and I toiled up in '08.

[quote="huw williams"][quote="Dombo"]Wow! So THAT's what the Pyrenees look like in summer; not the freezing, mist-shrouded hell that Andy, Del and I toiled up in '08.

[Maria David]

Looks like you had a good w/e Huw!

Hopefully the weather will be ok up there on the big day. It's pretty grim up there when it rains. They just did the quebrantahuesos cyclosportive last weekend which is in the same area and they had wall to wall rain.
Mind you if it gets too hot on the tourmalet you'll fry!

Have they resurfaced the road on col du marie blanque? It looks quite smooth in the picture. I recall that being a beast of a climb - not just the steepness of the last 4k but also the really rubbish road surface that sapped my energy so much it was painful!

[huw williams]

[quote="Maria David"] Have they resurfaced the road on col du marie blanque? It looks quite smooth in the picture. I recall that being a beast of a climb - not just the steepness of the last 4k but also the really rubbish road surface that sapped my energy so much it was painful!