Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
At the end of our “holiday” on Tenerife, I’ve written my usual recap.
Before we went there, I posted on Strava that we were (going there) and that I would let my Strava subscrption expire after we got back.
I’ve cancelled the auro-renewal, put all my activities in “private” mode and am currently contemplating on whether or not to delete my account altogether.
However, I have probably more posts with links to Strava entries – that are no longer working anyway – than I figured beforehand.
We just got back from Tenerife where we enjoyed a sunny beach holiday.
As it turned out, we had the only recently renovated apartment in Parque Santiago iV with airco and the weather forecast was looking great.
So, with nothing left to wish for, we arrived in Los Cristianos on Friday evening and went out to lay in the sun the next morning.
Unlike during last year’s Tour de France, I’ve not written any post-stage reports this year.
This is partly due to the poor internet connection we had and I needed my phone’s hotspot internet to stream Netflix.
But it’s also because I was just out of energy after each stage because of the murderous heat, not only while cycling but also in the apartment.
Plus, I have not received any requests to “pretty please” write any post on this year’s Tour de France.
As usual, I’ll give you a recap anyway…
Those of you following me on Strava may already have seen that I’m “tapering” this week.
I actually have no idea how to do that properly, but as it’s hot and the outlook is the same for next week in France, I’m also getting adapted to the heat.
Today and tomorrow, I will enjoy watching the pros’ Tour de France stages passing close to and even through Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, where we have booked our apartment.
Both these days are going to be tough, like most of the stages I’ve planned for myself.
Although most of them are quite short, the altimeter gain in each is scary 😎
If you’ve read my previous posts and (thus) know I have a limited number of days available to cycle, I have concluded that I do not have enough of them to cramp everything I want to climb into those.
I also do not want to waste a lot of time on car transfers, so I’m prioritizing the Maurienne valley climbs.
This is the fourth post on those but I may rethink / redesign my stages when we are in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne…
At any rate, this post is about two climbs out of Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines / La Chambre, but I will probably start at our doorstep.
