Pictures Bicycling Tour 2003

Much rain, fog and cold during the 1st week

Much rain, fog and cold during the 1st week

One of the 1st cols out of 113 cols

Not always without problems: The 1st flat tire...

Inclination of 7%

The Pyrenees are nearing...

The last 3 km on the Marie Blanque are 13%

12 km on the Col du Soulor are 9%

Believe it or not: on the Col d'Aubisque (hors catégorie)

Not alone on the Col du Tourmalet (also hors catégorie: 18 km at 7-9.5%)

Col du Tourmalet

Col du Tourmalet

On top of the Col de Peyresourde (up to 18%)

Strange: for cyclist 14% max, for cars 18% (I believe the latter is correct)

Biking through a beautiful landscape

Without comment

Many spectators for the cyclist

The smell of flowering brooms compensates for a lot

Many beautiful flowers in the verge of biking roads

Cultivation of melons - Terraube

The charm of the Pyrenees

Steep inclinations reduce your speed, but you discover more on your biking route!

"Le pont d'Avignon": The end of the first part and the starting point for the second part of the biking tour.

Col de Bonnette - Mid-way

Col de Bonnette - Above 2500 m still a lot of snow

Col de Bonnette - at the highest col of the 100 Cols Tour (at 2802m)

Les Alpes Maritimes

Other famous Cols of the tour de France

Where is the house?