#Etapedutour

[haascycling-blog]

One month days to days 😍🚵🏻‍♂️ @skodawelovecyclingfrance @haas_cycling #ekoi #raphacustom #mycanyon #etapedutour #passion #skodawelovecycling #bandofclimbers #velo #haascycling #cyclinglove #cycling #cyclisme #roadcycling #rider #challenge #newlife #mylife #bandofclimbers #readyfor2019 #sport #motivation (à Le Grand-Bornand)

[colin-cdm]

Quand le Tour de France passe près de chez toi. #colindumont #tourdefrance #tourdefrance2021 #cyclisme #biking #belz #morbihan #morbihantourisme #bretagne #bretagnetourisme #velo #etapedutour (à Pont-Lorois, Bretagne, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQq9qIdnIHD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jenscyclingart]

Happy birthday @onlygirlintheclub 🎈Hope you have adventure planned?! #qom #queenofthemountain #cyclinginspiration #cycling_queens #etapedutour #cyclingart #cyclingillustration #mrsmotivator 😄🚴🏻‍♀️ (at L'étape du Tour) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzceIVbFQY6/?igshid=jn8j81o5e7u

[youcantbuyland]

That jersey #Repost @nickfrendo ・・・ A great day out with this gent and his Etape companions. Good luck in a couple of weeks, see you in Girona soon hopefully where the drivers are better and cyclists less miserable. . . . #worknotwork #guidelife #etapedutour #wahooligan #wahooyes #surreysucksforcycling #mysommets #sommetier #notgirona #brave #instagood #cheerup #lookmumnohands

[massif-central-cycling]

Are you riding the Etape du Tour 2017? Get one of our personalised prints, with you name, times, general stats and your personal words applied. Our print will be available from today in our store.🇫🇷 . . . #etape #etapedutour #etapedutour2017 #tourdefrance #izoard #vars #briancon #cycling #granfondo #velo #print #personalised #strava #stats #dataart #art #personalised #massifcentral #mace #viveletour #🇫🇷

[europeancyclingtours]

So as the final stage of the TdF begins after a gruelling 21 days of racing a new champion rises to the surface to take the coveted crown in Paris, we all watch the incredible scenes in the French capital and reflect on another spectacular tour of cycling. If you have ever dreamt of riding in to Paris and to cycle around Arc de Triomphe and down the fabled cobbles of the Champs Elysees contact me to join our London to Paris Bike Ride scheduled for May next year - all abilities welcome.

Click the link to find out more...

https://europeancyclingtours.com/guided_london_to_paris_bike_ride/

[xabe20]

Couché de soleil - Le Puy 😍👉🏡 #lepuyenvelay #icicestlepuy #sunrises #sunrise #sunset #coucherdesoleil #sunporn #skyporn #sky #myhauteloire #hauteloire #auvergne #auvergnerhonalpes #tdf #tdf2017 #etapedutour #tourdefrance #picoftheday #sunshine #sun #couchedesoleil

[peterandallen]

A long, long, long slog, part #4 . #etapemythique #etapedutour #letour #tourdefrance #cyclisme #cycling #danslerouge #legslikejelly #breathinginafurnace #viragenumero25 #gradient10.5% #voiturebalai (at Col du Tourmalet)

[newwaveswimbuoy]

Credit to @dampx200 : Winter swimming season 20-21 officially open!  And what a start! With a water temp drop down to 12c already end of September the winter feels promising...  #roadbike #roadcycling #velo #hometrainer #veloderoute #ride #bdc #triathlon #swimbikerun #openwaterswimming #openwater #whilethekidsaresleeping #beforework #winterisastateofmind #wintercycling #outdoorisfree #ironmantraining #ironman  #siviveunavoltasola #iamanironman #etapedutour  #ironmanemiliaromagna #battleropes #crossfit #newwaveswimbuoy #winterswimming #coldwaterswimming — view on Instagram https://bit.ly/36iiGov

[ubaye]

L'#EtapeDuTour avant hier à #Barcelonnette, 15000 #cyclistes à la découverte de l'#ubaye 😊👌🏻#tdf2017 #alpesdehauteprovence #alpes #alps #france #landscape #beautiful #paysage #nature #myview #view #montain #montagne #velo #cycling #picoftheday #photooftheday #igers #ig_france #igersfrance #ig_europe #igworldclub #vsco #vscocam #vscodaily #instadaily #now 16.06.2017 -12h15 (à Barcelonnette)

[haascycling-blog]

10 days of rest that will have done me the greatest good ... now I resume the preparation 2019 🚵‍♀️❤️ . . . . . Follow me👉 .................................................. 💻www.haascycling.com .................................................. . . . . @haas_cycling @canyon @canyon_france @alsace @dynamics_fitness @chefdefilecustom @gfny_world @gfnyitalia @strava @ville_de_cernay @skodawelovecyclingfrance . . . . . #haascycling #mycanyon #canyonultimatecfslx #cyclinglife #climbing #passion #healthy #sport #welovecycling #welovecyclingfrance #velo #cycling #cyclinglife #training #2019 #gfny #uci #rider #etapedutour #bike #bikelife #skodawelovecycling #newlife #hc #haascedric #haas #winter #noel #december #alsace #marchedenoel (à Alsace, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5kym3FocB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5adeddyohil2

[saddlesaw]

Tale of the Etape

There, done it – I’ve ridden L’Etape du Tour. Almost all of it. With 172 kilometres in my legs, I climbed off at the final drinks station on the Col d’Izoard, just nine kilometres short of the official finish line.

I was not alone in coming to that decision. And, after looking at the final run-in from the seat of a bus, I cannot even start to think about ‘what if’.

My legs had ceased churning and the giveaway for me was the fact I was struggling to do the simple arithmetic in counting down to the finish, or when I did work it out, I didn’t manage to keep the answer in my head for more than a few minutes before having to recalculate. As well as reaching a halt physically, that was the point I knew I’d had enough.

After nine-and-a-half hours in the saddle, in average temperatures of 82 Fahrenheit (a warm 28C by UK standards) and in many patches in the 90s and up to 102 according to my black magic box (that is nearly 39 Celsius), I just didn’t want to push any further. Ending with sunstroke or heatstroke, with a 12-hour trip by bus, two planes and car on the agenda for the following day, was not on the cards. The factor 50 suncream did its job, I was not sunburnt, but I did feel like a spent match.

Reaching the finish would have meant a long final walk, and that felt like cheating. It also felt pointless, I was content to get as far as I did. I’d done some training, but I’d still had a life, I’d modified my food intake, but not to extremes. I’d got some miles in but not at the expense of social miles with my club. I did as much as I can in the build-up and on the day.

Also, reaching the finish would have meant a 20km descent, with fatigued arms, legs and brain, back to the start village in Briancon. No thanks.

The Etape is an amazing event, with 15,000 riders packed into a corner of France. The logistics are almost unfathomable. It is big, perhaps too big, judging by the number of riders  without luggage – lost somewhere en route in Europe – or even without their bikes. Our bags remained in Frankfurt for 24 hours longer than we did, arriving via courier at 6pm on the eve of the Etape. Many others suffered a similar fate or worse.

A number were without their prized bikes, still circling somewhere over mainland Europe. Rushed trips to local bike shops brought emergency rentals for some, others may not have even managed that. Apparently the pilot on one flight from the UK announced mid-air that “You may have noticed not all the bike boxes got on board” and, no doubt, promptly locked the cockpit door.

Etape feedzones were almost (only almost) as big a shock as the terrifying descent from Col de Vars, with riders jostling for cereal bars and fruit, pushing and shoving over waterpipes, and slipping and sliding on discarded or dropped bananas. The atmosphere was like a Bombay bazaar in the hot season. It was undignified and stressful, though staff were without exception patient and supportive.

I rode around a roundabout on the wrong side of the road, I saw punctures in the first mile, a rider clambering bloody and battered back over the metal rail on an early descent, riders from all over the world including two from my hometown, a few crashes, descenders with scant regard for their own safety, villagers out in force along the roadside, riders filling bottles at village fountains like it is still 1955, some of the nicest and most expensive bikes known to man, and even a bit of breathtaking scenery.

Non-riders told me it would be “a great experience” and I will probably agree with them at some stage in the future.

[jenscyclingart]

L’Étape du Tour is an immense sporting challenge where riders take on one of the mountain stages of the Tour de France. I produced this illustration for Nikki as a memento of her epic achievement. Well done Nikki!#cyclingart #annecy #etapedutour #etape #tourdefrance #cyclinglife #cyclingculture #mountaincycling #cyclingillustration #cols @jsygl @letapebyletourdefrance @letourdefrance @lecoluk (at Annecy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btv9TPYlS92/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3oaci0939q8w

[cestmachin]

Le bio pour tous les machins ! #tourdefrance #etapedutour #mangersain http://ift.tt/2tPjEU6

[massif-central-cycling]

Cool d'Izoard, cool de Vars.. this print Celebrated this year's Etape du Tour with your stats personal stats applied.. . . . . #izoard #vars #alps #cycling #switchbacks #etape #etapedutour #etapedutour2017 #roadporn #infographics #garmin #strava #mapmyride #dataart #infographics #design #data #massifcentral #maceontour

[trippsport]

Étape du tour avec Matthieu de Tripp Sport 2016. #TrippSport #etapedutour (à Côte 2000, Megève)