Good rides in Provence borrowing my dad’s Cannondale CAAD9. I tried to get on the bike every day and starting to incorporate some running and carrying of bikes in preparation for the 3 peaks. No idea how that will translate into race fitness for CDNW Dolphinholme and Oakenclough. Nonetheless riding was good and enjoyable. I improvised routes incorporated some new roads each time. One regret is running out of days to get on with cycling over Grand Luberon.
Ventoux was on the menu. 5 ascents of the Géant in total. four on in a little less that 9 hours (REPORT). Another time was to see how fast I could climb from Bédoin. Strange ascent. No wind / little wind pushing clouds from the South West at Bédoin then wind turned and MIstral got in the way. Anyhow, I completed the climb in 1h25. I hoped to have gone faster but it wasn’t to be! I enjoyed riding at a good tempo spinning a nice gear.
On the same day of the “fast” climb, I got up at 3:30am to take some pictures from the top of Ventoux at dawn. The result is a set of pictures:
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