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    French Alps

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     Saint Berarde: L’Oisans Hidden Gem
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    By Ted Zuhlsdorf
    In Alps, Cycling France, French Alps
    Posted July 2, 2010

    Saint Berarde: L’Oisans Hidden Gem

    This is the last day in the Alps and the last day at the Hotel Cassini. We today we climbed road only the locals would know about. It dead ends behind the mountains of Les Deux Alps ski station. [...]

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     Col de la Croix de Fer
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    By Ted Zuhlsdorf
    In Alps, Cycling France, French Alps
    Posted June 30, 2010

    Col de la Croix de Fer

    This mountain has been used 15 times in the Tour de France, with the stage most often ending up Alp d’Huez. We approached the summit from Le Bourg-d’Oisans. The views along the way [...]

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     Col du Télégraphe & Col du Galibier
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    By Ted Zuhlsdorf
    In Alps, Cycling France, French Alps
    Posted June 28, 2010

    Col du Télégraphe & Col du Galibier

    A nice warm day and a hot climb of the Telegraph turned into a lightning, rain and hail drenched day on the Galibier. I stopped to buy a tube at ski village town below the Galibier and Warren [...]

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     Cycling Alpe d’Huez and Les Deux Alpes
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    By Ted Zuhlsdorf
    In Alps, Cycling France, French Alps
    Posted June 28, 2010

    Cycling Alpe d’Huez and Les Deux Alpes

    Every great champion must eventually face the Alpe d’Huez in a race. Each of its 21 switchbacks has the name of a past Tour stage winner posted, as well as the height to go to the 3100 foot [...]

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     Cycling Col de Sarenne from Le Hotel Cassini
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    By Ted Zuhlsdorf
    In Alps, Cycling France, French Alps
    Posted June 27, 2010

    Cycling Col de Sarenne from Le Hotel Cassini

    France’s Greatest hits, game on. We flew into Paris and drove to the Alps for part one of this trip. At the beginning of the tollway to Lyon, the toll-person gave us a bag of goodies that [...]

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