cole in breakaway

Well, the short story is that the tour director was a complete liar. Delusion was rampant. He was attempting to do all that he said but came nowhere close. So, we abandoned, or broke away as I like to think of it. We were at the finish in Le Grand Bornand. Rode Alpe d' Huez and the Croix de Fer (much prettier and harder in some ways) and the time trial course in Annency (Cat 3 Col de Bluffy not much more than the three pitch climb on Dixie ride). Today I'm off to snag some musettes and get a ride in the countryside of Provence before the big ride and tifosi experience on Ventoux. More updates later.