Although we’re just halfway through October, 💖Paula already authorized trip, the Tour de France 2026.
That will be my 7th in total and the 5th in the last 6 years…
While I’m considering going to the Pyrenees again, I preliminarily booked an apartment in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
Which means we would have our base camp there for the 3rd time…
Both for the Tour of 2021 and the Tour of 2022, we stayed in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne; the 2024 Tour had its base camp in Albertville, in the Savoie as well.
Obviously, I know the area very well by now, but to say that I’ve done all climbs in it would be an overstatement.
I have done all famous climbs, but here are no less than 369 climbs in the Savoie listed on ClimbFinder at this stage.
And I’ve done 93, which lands me on third place of (registered) user with most climbs done there.
Since I’m 50 behind on first and third spot – one for sure living in the area and the other most likely too – I will not advance in the ranking next year.
I’m going to try and do as much new climbs as possible, but I will probably not be able to resist climbing cols like the Iseran, Galibier and Croix de Fer again too…
And I will be avoiding goat trails like Frumezan or killer climbs like Mont du Chat unless I am somehow able to transform in a “killer climbing machine” for the likes of the latter 😂
The Tour de France 2026 will be two weeks long: the last week of July and the first week of August.
As usual, I will be posting updates as I scour the area for new climbs, but in 2021 and 2022 I’ve already posted about those extensively…
