Cycling photos Col de la Croix de Fer
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Me and my friends had our photo taken climbing Col de la Croix de Fer last week by a professional photographer on the side of the road, the card I was handed subsequently disintegrated in the torrential rain experienced on the mountain. Does anyone know which website would be likely to have these pictures?
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Also try Griffephotos.com. They took my photo on the same climb last week. ;-)0
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Beautiful climb, thought it was bit harder than the Alpe d'huez, despite the average being 5%.
Which side did you climb it from? If you go up from Allemont there's quite a descent to the lake before you start climbing again. Maybe that's why the average gradient is only 5%. +1 for it being harder than Alpe d'huez but (from vague memory) isn't it a lot longer.
As an aside, I stopped to relieve myself on the way down in the public toilets at La Riviere. I can still remember recoiling at the stench when I opened the door. It looked like a biological warfare experiment that had got out of hand. A vivid memory still even after 8 years.0 -
jongooligan wrote:Beautiful climb, thought it was bit harder than the Alpe d'huez, despite the average being 5%.
Which side did you climb it from? If you go up from Allemont there's quite a descent to the lake before you start climbing again. Maybe that's why the average gradient is only 5%. +1 for it being harder than Alpe d'huez but (from vague memory) isn't it a lot longer.
As an aside, I stopped to relieve myself on the way down in the public toilets at La Riviere. I can still remember recoiling at the stench when I opened the door. It looked like a biological warfare experiment that had got out of hand. A vivid memory still even after 8 years.
Ye rode it from Allemont, theres that short sharp decent then a stretch where it must be in double figures for a bit. The average gradient doesnt really tell the true story. Its 27k or there abouts.0
