For those of you that don't know, Mark, Davin and Myself are following the Tour de France this year. We are based near Alpe d'Huez for the first few days. Our first big riding day in France in July is a 130 km ride over 3 major climbs: Galibier - 2096 m climb , 34.9 km @ 5.5 % - http://www.cyclingcols.com/asp/colframe.asp?cl=519 Telegraphe - 852m, 11.8 km @ 7.2% - http://www.cyclingcols.com/asp/colframe.asp?cl=1528 Alpe dHuez - 1243m, 22.2 k @ 5.1% - http://www.cyclingcols.com/asp/colframe.asp?cl=570 Gibraltar Range - 970m in 17km Better keep up the training!!! Cheers, MartinT