had a Omega replica watches photographer shooting us from a motorcycle

the last kilometer of l’Etape du Tour, when I found a reserve of energy I didn’t know I possessed and flew up the final stretch of the Hautacam faster than I’ve ever climbed anything on a bike.Rapha, the company that put this whole thing together, had a Omega replica watches photographer shooting us from a motorcycle both days, so we should have some great shots in the next day or two. In the meantime, I have a few snapshots from la Marmotte, at the bottom of this post. If youd like to get a sense of the conditions at lEtape, click here and put in my bib number: 1156.I’m still waiting to get final stats together (Rapha should have my official times and our contest winner up later this week).

I lost my European plug adapter and couldn’t recharge my GPS unit for l’Etape on Sunday. On Saturday, as you can see in the image below, I logged 17,124 feet of climbing over 119 miles. The climbs are, in order, the Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier, and l’Alpe d’Huez. The Galibier was by far the toughest climb I’ve ever Tag Heuer replica watches done, so relentlessly long and steep that it made the storied Alpe d’Huez feel easier by comparison.Both of those climbs were tougher than anything we faced during Sunday’s l’Etape du Tour. In fact, despite the bitterly cold rain and fog that saw people being treated for hypothermia-like symptoms on Sunday (la Marmotte was warm and sunny), l’Etape was by far the easier day, with somewhere in the neighborhood of 12,000 feet of climbing over just 105 miles.

Its a great week for the cycling community. Trifuel.com has reported that the League of American Bicyclists recently awarded TriSports.com with a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Business (BGB) award. The League,which was created to promote more bike friendly businesses, is paving the way for employees around the country. They aim to prove replica Cartier watches that working America doesnt have to run on cars alone, and business are keen to follow suit. Now that googlemaps has added bike routes for users, there really is no reason not to commute on two wheels. --Aurora Wingard