Briancon: The local tourist site tells me:
Due to the natural terrain in Briançon, Vauban was unable to follow any existing pattern. He designed vertical, staggered urban defences and suggested creating a belt of forts to increase defence of the town.
In Mont-Dauphin, the fortifications, which are remarkably conserved, were built from scatch directly on a plateau.
Visiting these major sites enables us to understand part of Vauban’s genius, which is particularly spectacular in such mountain sites.
It is also an opportunity to visit the towns of Briançon and Mont-Dauphin, which are particularly attractive and lively.
Alpe d' Huez: From the resorts site: The Alpe d’Huez is situated on a fully south-facing plateau at 1860 m above sea level, and its skiable area enjoys maximum exposure to the sun. So enjoy a day’s skiing in the sun: up to 7 1/2 hours a day of sun in December, up to 11 hours a day in April. The French Weather Bureau has recorded an average of 300 days’ sunshine a year at the resort! Also, on a fine day, you can see 1/5e of France from Pic Blanc.
Location : Massif des Grandes Rousses – Dauphiné – Isère
Exposure : South
Features : Health and tourist resort, referenced as “Grand Domaine”, Southern exposure, listed as a Great Ski Area by the “Nouvelles Glisses” Club and Ski France.
Activities : Winter and summer multiactivity resort
Population : 1700 permanent residents – 32,500 beds.
Le Tour specialties: caillette: meat pâté (pork throat and liver, chard leaf, mushroom, spice, crépine). Farcis de l'Oisans (leek ball, cabbage, potato, egg,
Christian Prudhomme says: There’s a wink to history here as well as a desire to close the Battle of the Alps on a route tailor- made for the best climbers. It’s an exact replica of the Briançon-Alpe d’Huez stage of 1986, with the ascent of the Galibier once again on the programme, followed by the climb of the Col de la Croix de Fer, before tackling the 21 hairpins leading up to the Isère resort. It will provide an intermediate assessment of the state of play.
The stage: Happy Bastille Day! The early breakaway consisted of Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Kobe Goossens (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Matîs Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic) and Gerhard Schönberger (B&B Hotels-KTM. Joining them would be Ciccone and Meintjes. Way behind, 48 riders were already in the autobus/grupetto.
🏁83KM
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2022
🇮🇹 @giuliocicco1 ,🇿🇦 @LouisMeintjes ,🇺🇸 @NPowless, 🇫🇷 @PerezAnthony1, 🇬🇧 @tompidcock,🇬🇧 @chrisfroome, 🇦🇹@schoeni1994, 🇧🇪@KobeGoossens, 🇵🇹@Nelsoliveira89
Gr.💛 +6'17"#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/VZGScxbA8E
Ahead:💨The high pace in the peloton has caused several to drop as the gap to the leaders has been reduced to 5'35" (and dropping)
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2022
💨 Sous l'impulsion de la @JumboVismaRoad le peloton explose !#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/nneoTsz7zC
Thirty eight kilometers to go and the advantage of Pidcock, Froome, Meintjes, Powless and Ciccone was at 5 minutes. The speed on the downhill was rather frightening to watch, seeming to hit 100 km/h.The French - & particularly the Thibaut Pinot fans - are by far the drunkest & most boisterous on the Alpe today. Dutchies subdued by comparison.
— Daniel Friebe (@friebos) July 14, 2022
Looming.🤩 Downhill with a view#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/Ov2jbtJmyh
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2022
The five leaders started climbing to L'Alpe d'Huez with an advantage of 6:10. With that gap, it was very likely the winner would come from this group. They had just over 14 kilometers to climb, with huge crowds and named "corners" along the way.⛰ We're almost there! Take a look at the 3D profile of Alpe d'Huez
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2022
⛰ Nous y sommes presque ! Découvrez le profil 3D de l'ultime ascension du jour : Alpe d'Huez#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/VhCS9qXgId
Much wow.#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/Vvdy8HYvna
— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) July 14, 2022
🏆🇬🇧 @tompidcock wins in @alpedhuez!
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2022
🏆🇬🇧 @tompidcock s’impose à @alpedhuez !#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/CF6EkrgoSb
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 120 | 100 | 4:55:24 | ||
2 | Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux | 50 | 70 | 0:48 | ||
3 | Israel - Premier Tech | 25 | 50 | 2:06 | ||
4 | EF Education-EasyPost | 15 | 40 | 2:29 | ||
5 | UAE Team Emirates | 5 | 32 | 3:23 | ||
6 | Jumbo-Visma | 26 | ,, | |||
7 | INEOS Grenadiers | 22 | ,, | |||
8 | Movistar Team | 18 | 3:26 | |||
9 | Jumbo-Visma | 14 | ,, | |||
10 | Trek - Segafredo | 10 | 3:32 |
1 | 1 | - | Jumbo-Visma | 25 | 46:28:46 | ||
2 | 3 | ▲1 | UAE Team Emirates | 2:22 | |||
3 | 4 | ▲1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:26 | |||
4 | 2 | ▼2 | Team DSM | 2:35 | |||
5 | 6 | ▲1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:44 | |||
6 | 5 | ▼1 | Team Arkéa Samsic | 3:58 | |||
7 | 7 | - | Groupama - FDJ | 4:07 | |||
8 | 11 | ▲3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:39 | |||
9 | 10 | ▲1 | Movistar Team | 9:32 | |||
10 | 8 | ▼2 | BORA - hansgrohe | 10:06 |
The wine: Ardoisieres Argile St-Pierre De Soucy Rouge 2019 from Copake Wine Works Christy says: Southern part of the Saoive. Gamay + Persan
From Alice: In 2003, Brice Omont transplanted from Champagne to the slopes of Savoie, under Mont Blanc. He now has about 16ha, planted to échalas and guyot on schist and limestone terroirs, with an elevation of about 500 meters. The grapes are fermented without destemming, then the wine gets pressed off and finishes in old oak for about nine months. Notes? I’m sorry. I drank it. I Loved it. I can’t remember the taste details other than velvet. Riveting. Pomegranate and bramble. Fresh. Delicious. A magnum is needed to watch it properly develop. Oh well… this bottle will have to do!
The food: Genepi/y
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