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Best European Sportive?

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  • #52
    Esroh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭Esroh


    http://www.dalzero.it/calendario-gran-fondo-2016/
    As the Lads say above maybe a hidden gem is best. Link to the Italian GF calender.
    First few are 2017. Scroll down for the full list.


  • #53
    El Vino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭El Vino


    I did one Etape and loved it and now try to do one European Sportive each year. The Marmotte is brutal but you get to ride some of the most famous climbs in the Alps, the Galibier in particular is scary. Last two years I have done the Maratona du Dolomites, brilliant event with a choice of distances, you can even change your mind on the way round. Heat can be a problem however as one year I had 37C on the Passo Giau. Going again this year as it just works well as an event and the Dolomites are beautiful.


  • #54
    Stevieg2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭Stevieg2009


    Steve SilverMint wrote: »
    Registration for Mallorca 312 opened today. Three options 312km, 225km and 167km.

    I've been to Mallorca cycling a couple of times and it's fantastic. It's on the end of April so weather should be nice but not too hot for us Irish lads.

    Done it last year great event closed roads great routes super atmosphere brilliant food stops everything you could ask for apart from the weather pissed down for half the day ��That a side have registered for next year great cycling over there


  • #55
    golfer555
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭golfer555


    mirrormatrix wrote: »
    Been looking at the La Marmotte website, and it looks like they are only selling race entries in bundles (Marmotte Alpes + MArmotte Pyrenees) for the first 7 days. Is this normal?

    I thought registration only started on November 9th or 10th?


  • #56
    golfer555
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭golfer555


    golfer555 wrote: »
    I thought registration only started on November 9th or 10th?
    mirrormatrix wrote: »
    Been looking at the La Marmotte website, and it looks like they are only selling race entries in bundles (Marmotte Alpes + MArmotte Pyrenees) for the first 7 days. Is this normal?

    I've spotted this n the website, your certainly correct.

    From November 7 to 14, registrations are open only for bundles:

    Marmotte Alpes + Marmotte Pyrénées
    Marmotte Alpes + Marmotte Pyrénées + 3 Ballons
    Trophée de l'Oisans
    Grand Trophée
    Grand Trophée + Marmotte Alpes
    Grand Trophée + Marmotte Pyrénées
    Grand Trophée + Marmotte Alpes + Marmotte Pyrénées

    Then, from November 14, registrations will be open for all cycling events.

    That's a pain, I doubt much will be left on the 14th, might have to buy a bundle which is a pain as it's just the 1 event I want to do.


  • #57
    triggermortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    I was looking at doing this last year, but work intervened..

    http://www.cyclotour.ch/course/180-km-tour-of-the-lake/?lang=en

    There was a few with more climbing and I sadly missed out on all before I left.

    This site is good for searching.
    http://www.granfondoguide.com/Events/GranFondo/Europe


  • #58
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,778 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Londonirish72 wrote: »
    I have done the Etape a couple of times. It is a great event but never again.
    Both years were hot. Really hot. The type of heat you never experience in Ireland so despite all the training it is a really difficult event when you are not accustomed to the weather. Also, the logistics are a pain in the @rse. You will waste a day getting there and another half day registering. Accommodation often gets booked up and we ended up getting up at 4.15am one year to drive over Glandon to the start. We then had to drive back after. We were staying in an airless static caravan which was the only place we could find when we looked (though better places were available closer to the big day but we had already paid up front).
    If you have the time to spend sometime out there beforehand then you can make a proper holiday of it and also catch the Tour as it comes through the following week but if you only have a standard wage-slave holiday allocation then this will not be an option.
    I would really like to do all of the Etape climbs again but on my own terms. I would go down there in May or September and do incorporate perhaps two climbs into a long cycle and repeat that for every day I was down there.

    Second the Etape, best day out I have ever had on the bike (in hindsight!) but the heat was a killer, climbing in 36 degrees to the ski station at La Toussuire after 3500m odd of climbing is no joke. Would love to get back and base myself around Chambery / Albertville and take on some of the classics on my own terms.


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