Grand Bornard rides

jimmoffatt
jimmoffatt Posts: 57
edited June 2007 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
<font face="Arial"></font id="Arial"><font size="3"></font id="size3"><font color="blue"></font id="blue">I am going to watch the Tour and staying in Grand Bornard for a week with the family. Anybody know any good rides from Grand Bornard. Ideally, about 80 to 100 miles with quiet roads and a few cols.
Jim

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  • GeorgeShaw
    GeorgeShaw Posts: 764
    My head office is in Annecy, and I have to work there occasionally ... such a pain.

    You have a good selection of Tour cols around you, the Colombiere, the Croix Fry. And there are a number of marked (well, semi-marked) routes, which you can see at: http://www.savoiehautesavoie.com/cyclo_ ... hp?Rub=328. There's a pdf of each route, with a rough grading and profile.

    I've done the Tour des Glieres, which was rather nice.

    BTW. There is also a sportive that starts in Grand Bornand (Le Grand-Bo, http://www.legrandbornand.com/index.jsp?a=81563&c=18085), you could try one of those routes. It's one of my ambitions to get over there and do this in the next year or two.
  • jimmoffatt
    jimmoffatt Posts: 57
    <font face="Arial"></font id="Arial"><font size="3"></font id="size3"><font color="blue"></font id="blue">George
    Many thanks for the reply. Shame about having to work in Annecy occasionally but I suppose somebody has to do it [:)]

    I will definitely ride over the Colombiere and will try the 125km Grand-bo route. The sportive event is a couple of weeks before I arrive otherwise I would have entered it.
    Jim
  • GeorgeShaw
    GeorgeShaw Posts: 764
    Make sure to post your impressions of the Grand Bo route. I'm pretty sure the full route is out of my league at the moment, but we're probably spending a week's holiday in the area in September and, if I get a day off, I might be tempted to try part of it.
  • tombt
    tombt Posts: 121
    I'm so jealous!, was there a couple of years ago, great place, great atmosphere, great cycling. enjoy.


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  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    George,

    I'll be in the Annecy area at the start of September if you want somebody to ride it with.
  • GeorgeShaw
    GeorgeShaw Posts: 764
    Hi Pirahna,

    Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. The dates aren't set yet, though, so I can't guarantee anything, I'm trying to coordinate work and play. But it's more likely to be the second half of September. I'm booked to do the Trans-Cambrian (my first sportive ...) on the 9th.

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