By now the cool wind had refreshed me and renewed my vigour, but I couldnt stoop so low as to sprint past the youth just metres below the summit - that would have been so undignified! The road rises steady and takes you right over the mountain. It was only when a car windscreen glistened way above in the distance that I realized just how much furter I still had to travel. Valloire dans la vallée de la Maurienne en Savoie est situé au pied du Col du Galibier, limite entre les Alpes du Sud et les Alpes du Nord rendu célèbre par le Tour de France, et le Col du Télégraphe. I thought the Galibier, starting from Briançon, was - especially for an untrained cyclist with a 22 kilo burden (bicycle + food, ..) - not that easy. You have to ride this personally to appreciate how big a climb it is.

After a week of climbing in the Alps, I saved the Galibier for last.

Valloire est un lieu incontournable pour les amateurs de la petite reine ! The views are spectacular and make the pain worth it.The finish on the Alpe was great, Any one that wants to see and ride the Alpes should do the Alpes Open Tour.Other mythical climbs on the tour included the Izeran,Glandon,Croix De Fer but for me the best was the Galibier including the Telegraph! Alas, this is not the finish of the climb they do in the tour. I was glad to pass just one person on the climb. we did it in september which was good as we were in good shape and the weather was perfect - not cold, not hot. I didnt enjoy any of it, having run out of water and cooking in the baking heat. Descent is worth going up for. Its then a steady leg-sapping drag out of Valloire up the valley until you reach Plan Lachat where the road turns up & the pass starts showing its teeth. The Croix de Fer and the Telegraph were now a long way back and I still had to tackle the last portion of steep rutted roads in to what felt like a rarified atmosphere. After some lunch at the summit it was down the Lautaret and through the valley to the base of Alpe d''Huez.

I cycled Croix de Fer then Telegraph, lunch in Valloie then Gallibier. A great day out! Vive le Galibier! Veiws are breathtaking, as is the climb!! 8 as the most climbed climb in the world.I rode half way up the Col du Galibier in 2013, one week before the London Surrey 100 (my rest period). After 1st climbing the col du Telegraphe it was onto the "monster". Wonderful views. We''d come up from near Megeve so had covered about 110km when we reached the top of the Telegraphe, so the legendary climb up the Galibier was pretty daunting!

I have to go back. The descent on relatively clear roads was also fantastic. Stop at the base on way down & have a beer at the little shack on the right.

It felt a tough climb most of the way up, even though we did it in great weather.

A banner in the village of alpe d''huez marks your arrivee.

I could not say wether I was breaking or not - quite scary - hehe. The last 2km are brutal, but the sense of magnitude once you reach the summit is beyond any other climb I have done.

This inspired my more athletic wife and son to start riding. I used 39 X 23 gearing and it was very comfortable. Done a charity ride? The summit was one of the most spectacular Ive witnessed. I feel the same after doing it again three days ago 16 August 2011. This is not much of a climb, more of a long false flat, rarely exceeding 5 percent. But after some gels we all made it all the way to the top. Gives you that epic alp feeling. We climbed the Galibier from Briancon on the day of the 2008 Tour de France went up it. I vowed never to go up the Gallibier again after I first climbed it from Bourg D Osains in 2006. My wife, who had started training in Spring, was also coping well. This col had beaten me. So it is with Galibier. But I guess as bike riders this is what we do, it''s tough guys and gals, enjoy. I did Telegraphe and Galibier this summer on rather cold, cloudy day as a last ascent of 9-days cycling vacation in French Alps. The descent was incredable as well. Never gets very steep, even the hairpins at the top can be ridden in the saddle. Spectacular vue. I did the Telegraph the same day and by the time I reached the summit of the Telegraph, I was toast. The way up to the final 8km was relatively easy. The Col du Galibier is situated in Rhone-Alpes. .Enjoy !!! Only the last km was hard (dont force the climb) because of the cold wind. We were utterly humbled and grovelled at the foot of this pass but I would do it again tomorrow. The view from the top is out of this world.

Le col du Galibier par le col du Télégraphe, est bien le géant attendu, loin devant toutes les autres difficultés de France et de Navarre. The road maps are deceptive - its not necessarily the hairpins that are the killer, but the 15km leding up to them.

I am from the plat pays. Climbed the Galibier for a 2nd time this June from the north and it was magnificently cruel giving me my most memorable experience on a bike.


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