May 2009
6 posts
“3 is a magic number. Yes it is. 135km and 4627m. Fuck me”
– Paul Nixon on completion of the Cingles.
Cingles Ride Report →
AnOrdinaryCyclist’s report of the Cingles Challenge.
Mont Ventoux Weather →
3-5 day weather forecast.
Top Tips for the Cingles Challenge
Some tips from a seasoned rider
Do the Sault ascent last, it is quite easy to get into a nice rhythm on it
There is one dangerous corner midway down the descent to Malaucerne, coming after a real long straight bit, otherwise you needn’t use your brakes after the ski station
I used a 39x27, but a 34x25 would be equally fine;
Take kit for all eventualities, especially a tight fitting...
April 2009
8 posts
Bike Plus Cingles Report →
Scans of the Bike Plus article on the Cingles ride from 2008.
Cingles ride report →
A great write-up of the Cingles ride.
The Three Ascents
Some stats on the three ascents of Ventoux
In old money that’s a total of 43 miles of climbing and 14,425 feet!
For reference, the top of Mount Everest is at 8850 metres.
“Nineteen hundred meters up there is completely different from 1,900 any place...”
– Lance Armstrong on Mont Ventoux
VeloVentoux →
Surely the best place to stay for access to the mountain!
9 Reasons why Mont Ventoux is a symbolic climb →
1. The death of Tom Simpson 2. It dominates the region 3. The weather and the wind 4. It’s a climb of two halves 5. The Tour Jean-Francois Bernard almost won 6. The Pantani-Armstrong duel in 2000 7. Eros Poli’s lone break 8. Mont Ventoux is not visited by the Tour very often 9. Lance Armstrong never won there
Website of the Club des Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux →
Translates as the ‘Madmen of Mont Ventoux’, a club for those that want to tackle the 3 ascents of Mont Ventoux in one day.