Road Cycling - riding the alpe de'huez and other famous climbs

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bandaidman
07-22-04, 01:47 PM
has anyone ridden any of the great climbs of the TdeF, Giro etc??????

i would like to try to make it up alpe de'huez someday....without stopping for air, water, cpr etc :)

Hitchy
07-22-04, 06:08 PM
G'day,

the attached Link allows 'normal' riders to 'plug in' their hill climbs & calaculate gradients & times etc. Most of the 'famous' climbs will be on here...interesting to compare the times of the pro's against mere mortals,

http://www.cycle2max.com/

cheers,

Hitchy