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Monday 18 July 2011

Cyclosportif report: Les Boucles du Verdon, May 2011

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All new: more pain, more glory, more magnificence!! Under the new and very effective management of the ATTC 04 (L'Association du Tour des Communautés de Communes des Alpes de Haute Provence), Les Boucles du Verdon is ready for a more prominent role on the late-spring cyclosportif calendar.

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Tuesday 25 January 2011

The Presqu'île de Giens

HPIM2537.JPGIt's January: what better place to spend a week than the southernmost tip of the Côte d'Azur? The islands, beaches, open skies and bird sanctuaries just south of Hyères are the perfect antidote to winter's darkest days.

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Monday 31 May 2010

Cyclosportif report: Les Boucles du Verdon, 30 May 2010

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Despite howling winds and some, oh let's call them operational curiosities, the 2010 edition of this cyclosportif provençal was everything 160 kilometers of cycling in the mountains should be.

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