Author Archives: Frans

The weather wasn’t in our favor on Sunday, but our arrival on the Grote Markt in Bergen op Zoom made the ride well worth it.  The weather cleared and our spirits were lifted by the good food and companionship.  Warm sunshine greeted us … Continue reading →

After a long flight with a stopover in Iceland we arrived in Amsterdam. Due to the late arrival, we only had enough time to put our bicycles together. Day one took us from Amsterdam to Lekkerkerk in Zuid Holland. The … Continue reading →

All good things come must come to an end. This morning we got ready for our final ride of what has been an incredible trip. The mountains that we climbed, the scenery that we saw, this journey will stay with us … Continue reading →

Today’s ride started with about a 25 mile climb up to the top of the Galibier.  Spectacular scenery greeted us on the ride up.  After a similar length downhill we ended up in a valley that took us between all the … Continue reading →

What was planned was our most epic ride but this changed drastically because of the weather.  Even a shorter route to the top of the climb to Sestriere, Italy needed a bailout.  With the weather on top of the mountains … Continue reading →

On Sunday, August 15th we left Gap under cloudy skies for a 70 mile ride to Briancon.  The route gave us the most spectacular scenery we’ve seen so far.  To make things interesting we first ran into a large Ironman triathlon in … Continue reading →

Starting in Carpentras, gave us a real understanding of the toughness of the Mont Ventoux. From this direction it’s 25 miles uphill, the first 10 gradual and after that it’s relentless. All said and done, by the top we had … Continue reading →

Some went for a bike ride, others went to the market in town and some sat down for a cold beer. This afternoon I drove through the gorge and up the Ventoux from the Bedoin side, which is another option … Continue reading →

Thursday we left Gap for another ride to cover more than 100 miles. After a few miles along a highway we went westward on route 942, which brought us another day of beautiful landscape. The ride would eventually take us … Continue reading →

On Wednesday we started with a long downhill of Alpe d’Huez, which made us concentrate and be on the brakes all the time, because of all the hairpin turns. But we got right back to business by climbing the Col … Continue reading →