Following on the advice of another Canadian, Chris, we drove out to, to ride the Col de la Madeleine. This would be the first ride with my compact cranks and I had 21km to try them out. WHAT A PLEASURE! It felt as though I breezed up the climb. Admittedly the gradient is not that severe (avg 6%) but 21km is a long way. Met a few Dutch riders along the way and met up with them at the top again for some of the world’s most expensive cokes.
Afterwards Paul and Matt decided to do the Col de Glandon. Looking back on it I’m sorry I didn’t join them. But I was under the impression that we would do the Mont Ventoux the next day, so thought of saving myself for that. We ended up going back home via the Telegraph and the Galibier.
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