Summer Cycling Tours Sample Plan
Our job is to help you plan your perfect holiday. The make up of your group and your cycling experience will dictate the routes you want to follow. With our specialist knowledge of the area we can recommend rides suitable for you. If you have cyclists of different levels of fitness it is easy to arrange routes of different levels in the same area providing backup for both.
If anyone in your group doesn't want to cycle but would prefer to take part in other activities available in the area we can help organise paragliding, climbing, rafting, hydrospeeding, canyoning, golf or simply walking some of the hundreds of kilometers of marked trails in the National Park
The following 10 day plan is intended to give you some ideas. You can cycle 3 or 4 cols a day or go at a more gentle pace and simply take in the scenery and the atmosphere of the mountains. The choice is yours.
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Saturday |
Transfer from airport or train station to the chalet Collect any hire bikes Acclimatisation, relaxation, exploration |
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Sunday |
Local rides to include Tour stage finishes in Les Arcs and La Plagne. |
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Monday |
Cycle the famous Col de La Madeleine finishing in St Jean de Maurienne. |
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Tuesday |
The 40km 2009 time trial route round the beautiful Lake Annecy. Swim and relax by the lake, take a tandem paraglide flight or cycle the Col de Forclaz for a bird’s eye view of the area. |
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Wednesday |
Into Italy over the Col de Petit St Bernard. |
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Thursday |
Climb the 21 hairpins to Alp D'Huez. |
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Friday |
Sight seeing day. Visit Chamonix and take the cable car to the Aguille du Midi with spectacular views from 3842m, or take a gentle stroll up into the spectacular Vanoise National Park. |
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Saturday |
Cycle from the chalet over the Cormet de Roselyn and either picnic by the lake or continue on to the Col de Pré and the Beaufort valley. |
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Sunday |
The Col de Galibier features twice in the 2011 Tour de France. Ride to the top and back from the Maurienne or complete the circuit with the Col de Glandon. |
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Monday |
The Col d'Iseran which is the highest Mountain pass in Europe can be reached directly from the chalet, From 800m in Bourg St Maurice to 2764 at the top of the col. |
