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  • April 7, 2009 at 12:21 pm #11659
    James Warrener

    I know there is a credit crunch on but are any of you lot heading off on holibobs anywhere nice this summer?

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  • April 22, 2009 at 11:01 am #627281
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    Jon Burrage

    Is indeed Hammy! Seems she
    Is indeed Hammy! Seems she noticed my grumpiness about ventoux not really happening and decided to make me happy again.

    Hope lance makes it to the start line. No matter what people think of him I would like to know that Ive seen him ride. Plus its going to be a day for the sprinters so there could well be fireworks…read the report here when it happens!

    April 22, 2009 at 10:31 am #627279
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    Hammy

    Sounds like my dream woman
    Sounds like my dream woman

    April 22, 2009 at 10:20 am #627277
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    Jon Burrage

    My girlfriend has just told
    My girlfriend has just told me she has booked a weekend in milan for my birthday to go and see the giro! (and an inter milan match)!

    April 20, 2009 at 1:08 pm #627275
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    Jon Burrage

    Yeah I looked into that exact
    Yeah I looked into that exact ferry as it takes me between the two best ports for where I live but then the tgv is a lot more expensive than I expected 95euro each way

    April 20, 2009 at 12:18 pm #627273
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    Oli Pendrey

    Jon, you tried LD Lines
    Jon, you tried LD Lines ferries that run from Portsmouth > Le Havre? They are cheap as chips, I travelled on there as foot passenger a year or so ago and it was considerably cheaper than P&O/Brittany Ferries…..but then I don’t know any way of getting round the ££ train prices 🙁

    April 20, 2009 at 11:39 am #627271
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    Mr Sock

    All avenues?????
    What about
    All avenues?????

    What about riding there? 😀

    April 20, 2009 at 10:56 am #627269
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    Jon Burrage

    I have exhausted all
    I have exhausted all possibilities of getting to ventoux. The ferry and tgv will cost at least £250, flights to avignon are at least £200 and dont oblige them to carry my bike unless there is space, flights to aix or marseilles are at least £200…if anyone is going and I can chip in for petrol etc I would be oh so happy!

    April 10, 2009 at 2:57 pm #627267
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    PzychotropicMac

    I might get to go to Weston
    I might get to go to Weston Super Mare if I am lucky!

    April 10, 2009 at 10:14 am #627265
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    Jon Burrage

    I think that is the closest I
    I think that is the closest I will get. another question, if I fky out the bike will need to be in a box…what would I do with the box if im riding from the airport? my other options are to get the eurostar or the bike bus…I don’t have a car so driving myself is not going to happen. its something I want, maybe need to do!

    April 9, 2009 at 2:09 pm #627263
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    purplecup

    you can ride to the ventoux
    you can ride to the ventoux from aix 🙂 – i’m pretty sure that’s the closest you’ll get

    April 9, 2009 at 1:49 pm #627261
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    gandberg

    I flew from Birmingham to
    I flew from Birmingham to Chambery with sleazyjet a few weeks back when we went snowboarding, but tha tmight only be a winter thing.

    I’m tempted to dress up as something so the tv cameras notice me for that split second of fame. Maybe a french drugs tester, complete with onions around my neck and baguette under my arm? or would a gratis road.cc jersey do the trick?!

    Might see you there indeed. I’ll be the one wobbling up the hill at 7am with my compact chainring set up…. 🙂

    April 9, 2009 at 8:51 am #627259
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    Jon Burrage

    Might see you out there! The
    Might see you out there! The closest airport to ventoux seems to be aix en provence near marseilles (easyjet from bristol)…anyone know any different?

    April 8, 2009 at 10:29 pm #627257
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    gandberg

    Me and 2 friends are heading
    Me and 2 friends are heading to France to watch Le Tour, ideally the Annecy TT and also the Ventoux. We’ll be loading my transported with tents and bikes, hoping to get some Alpine uplifted then gravity assisted descending on the go as well as quite a bit of road riding. Looking forward to it! 🙂

    April 8, 2009 at 10:06 am #627255
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    Anonymous

    I’m heading off to ride from
    I’m heading off to ride from Geneva to Nice over the Alps with a group including Graeme Obree as featured on this site a while back

    [url]http://road.cc/content/news/1778-ride-geneva-nice-graeme-obree[/url]

    I really cannot wait to ride over the Restefonde, the descent is supposed to be amazing; if it can beat the descent of Ventoux I’ll be a very happy man!

    April 8, 2009 at 7:37 am #627253
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    Jon Burrage

    Nothing booked as of yet but
    Nothing booked as of yet but hoping to get down to do a few days in the south of france, cath the tour at ventoux and do it myself of course then amble over to alpe d’huez for the triathlon the next weekend.

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