Le Route. Oh.

Saturday, 6 August 2011

A little warm up....

A cunning plan to combine the annual family Provence holiday with a bit of velo action in the morning.
Here over looking the ancient fortress village of St Agnes.

Yep - lots of tasty empty roads - half way between Nice and Monaco
Being at the bottom of the hills gave no excuse......

It's not about the bike....or how old you are.....;-D
Scary mountain roads over Menton! Just peddle and don't look down!

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What it is all about

1910: At the top of the Aubisque, Desgrange (the founder of the Tour De France) and the other officials awaited the first riders. It was Lapize who emerged first, his face a perfect rictus of agony. On the stage’s final climb and with the pain of the Tourmalet still in his legs, it was at that moment that Lapize uttered the words for which he would become famous: “Vous ĂȘtes des assassins!”