What’s better than doing the Col du Tourmalet? Well, doing it twice, of course! If you’re planning a trip to the get your mountain fix after the lockdown is over, it doesn’t get much easier than getting yourself out to the Pyrenees, where you’ll find a plethora of climbs to get your incline fix! Before we get into some of the climbs, first, lets get logistics out the way: How to get there? Wherever you fly from, chances are your closet airport is Toulouse. Hire a car and drive from Toulouse to the foothills of the Pyrenees (about 2 hours)...
40 RPM, 10% incline and 9km still to go. Unlike this blog post, this will not be over quickly! So you're doing the Maratona? Well here's the good news; of the 7 climbs, only one goes over 10km. Now here's the bad news - it's the last one, and you're not going to like what comes just before! When you're doing the Maratona, you're actually already pretty high on the altitude scale - our apartment, somewhere on the back end of the Passo Valparola, was about 1,400 meters above sea level, and with the highest climb being 2,236 meters (we'll...