A catch-up for the last two weekends’ worth of cycle races: I came 10th in my category in the Cluses to Les Carroz race; 129th overall – about mid-table, which is where I seem to keep coming in the smaller races at the moment (I fare better in the larger races).
In the weekend just gone the race was in Morzine (one of this year’s Tour stages). It was the biggest climb so far this year, 3700m of misery in absolutely diabolical conditions. It was cold and we actually had snow coming down on the first col at 1750m. In June.
There was a pretty low turnout of competitors because of the weather but the ambulances were still kept busy with racers suffering from hypothermia. I’ll say it again. In June.
The course included the Col de Jouxplane, where Lance Armstrong bonked a couple of years back and I wasn’t far off doing that too. I finished the 160km race in 7 hours, 8 minutes.
The progressively bigger climbs are leading up to the big cyclosportif event in a couple of weeks – Marmotte, which is a 5000m climb.
Have included a video below from recent la Beaume to Drobie race.
Posted by Chris
