Sunday we rode the La Dromoise cyclosportive, a 116km blast with around 1500M of climbing around Provence from a small village called Die (pronounced Di). It was a muggy day with some damp roads and a number of crashes in the first 20KM. Happy with 8th in my age group and finishing 70th out of 500 finishers.
Moving on to Malaucene at the foot of Ventoux and fresh from celebrating Cav's World Championship win it was time for a second go at Ventoux. Through the forest and the unrelenting 10% incline it was pretty muggy but 21.5Km later and 1500M of ascent reaching the top in 1hr 45M. The weather for the end of September was amazing with a very slight breeze at the summit and in the early 20's.
Descending down we stopped for a moment with Britains last World Champion Tom Simpson.
Onto the Georges de la Nesque - possibly one of the most spectacular roads in France?
