Friday, July 17, 2009

Etape du Tour - Day 4 - Climbing the Ventoux

OK, the ONE thing that brought me back to do the Etape du Tour (the amatuer stage of the tour de France that races on the course of the hardest mountain stage) was Ventoux. The climb is legendary. Before we "race" up it on Monday, we went over today to do a recon and see first hand how big a beast this climb really is.



Parked at the soccer stadium in Bedoin and headed up.
















The first couple of K's are gentle climbs through the vineyards -- sunny and 80 in the valley (that was about to change).








Entering the forest...













Posted by PicasaHere's the recon video...(coming tomorrow)





Big lunch after summitting. Food never tasted so good.

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