Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
The (Lepape) Marmotte Alpes is another Granfondo on many cyclists’ bucket list. I am one of them and I cycled it all by myself in 2021.
As much as I like to destroy myself in the Dolomites, I have no problem organizing my own versions of the ‘Tour de France’.
Although my cycling heart yearns for Italy, Paula is more charmed with the French part of the Alps anyway, so sometimes you have to compromise 😎
What could I possibly add to the many, many pages dedicated to this particular climb?
One that’s on the bucket list of nearly every cyclist who dares to venture into the Alps…
A climb that is imprinted into the memory of Tour de France followers as being ‘pivotal’ in many a stage, if not decisive to the overall win.
Which, at the time of posting this page and looking at the ‘hard evidence’, has only been the case in 7 out of the 29 times the Alpe has been included in the TDF…
Coming from a basically pancake-flat country – he actually lives below sea level, on the world’s largest artificial island – it’s amazing how much Cyclopaat likes cycling the Alps.
Even on a good day, he’s an average climber at best, but he claims it’s all about the views.
That is, he isn’t bad at it, but as he’s insane, he cycles multiple passes every day, for up to two weeks.
