The Route des Grandes Alpes
This is the historic road from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean, via the highest paved mountain passes. It typically takes 7 days on a bike.
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- Last words before the first of 7 days and 700km!
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- Monastery in Reposoir, col de la Colombière
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- Last 3km, col de la Colombière
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- Col des Aravis
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- Col des Saisies
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- Time for a snack. Col des Saisies
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- Descent from the col des Saisies
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- The Roselend lake and the col de Meraillet
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- Yum yum! On the Cormet de Roselend
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- The first (almost) 2,000m climb!
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- Picnic at the head of the valley, Val d’Isère
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- Col de l’Iséran
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- Col de l’Iséran
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- Descending near Lanslevillard, after the col del’Iseran
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- Col de l’Iséran
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- La Redoute Marie-Thérèse, Avrieux
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- Valloire, ready to climb the Galibier
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- Col du Galibier
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- Col du Galibier
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- Col du Galibier
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- Col du Galibier
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- Col du Galibier, last kilometre
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- Col du Galibier last 200m
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- One of the hardest climbs in the Alps!
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- Descent from the Galibier
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- Descent from the Galibier to the col de Lautaret
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- Col d’Izoard
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- Feed station on the col d’Izoard
