Bewdley Bikers On Tour

  Route: D618A/N-141 Bagneres-de-Luchon to Bossost – 12 miles   Ridden: 23/07/2010   The Col du Portillon (or Puerto del Portillon) is located in the Val d’Aran, a Spanish valley that borders France and connects the French town of Bagneres-de-Luchon in the north with the Spanish town of Bossost in the south.   The [...]

  Route: D925/D51 Bourg-d’Oueil to Mauleon-Barousse – 24 miles   Ridden: 19/07/2010   The Port de Bales (or Col de Bales) is located between the Oueil valley in the south and the Barousse valley in the north. It isn’t necessarily a pass you would ride unless you go out of your way to include [...]

  Route: D933 & N135 St. Jean Pied a Port to Pamplona – 47 miles   Ridden: 02/07/2007   The D933/N135 links St. Jean Pied a Port in France with Pamplona in Spain and crosses this pass. The 47 miles between the two points is a really good biking road, particularly the middle 30 [...]

  Route: D918 Laruns to Argeles Gazost – 29 miles   Ridden: 01/07/2007   The Col d’Aubisque is the second most visited pass in Tour de France history – after the Tourmalet – and joins Laruns – also the start point for the Col du Pourtalet – with Argeles Gazost via the D918. When [...]

  Route: D918 Ste. Marie de Campan to Luz St. Saveur – 22 miles   Ridden: 01/07/2007 & 22/07/2010   The Tourmalet lies on the D918 linking Ste. Marie de Campan in the east with Luz St. Saveur to the west. The western ramp, from Luz St. Sauveur, is 11.8 miles long, climbing 1,404m [...]

  Route: D918 Laruns to Argeles Gazost – 29 miles   Ridden: 01/07/2007 & 21/07/2010   This Col forms the eastern side of the Col d’Aubisque, meaning you need to pass the Soulor in order to climb the Aubisque from there. There are two ways to do this, either from Etchartes in the north [...]

  Route: D918 Arreau to Ste. Marie de Campan – 16 miles   Ridden: 01/07/2007, 20/07/2010, 21/07/2010 & 22/07/2010   Just north from Arreau, at the end of the Col du Peyresourde, you take the left turn onto the D918 which takes you over the d’Aspin to Ste. Marie de Campan, and the start [...]

  Route: D918 Bagneres de Luchon to Arreau – 20 miles   Ridden: 01/07/2007, 18/07/2010, 19/07/2010 & 23/07/2010   The D618 links Bagneres de Luchon to the east with Arreau to the west and crosses this Col, another long time Tour de France favourite. Unlike the d’Aubisque we would recommend this for bikers as [...]

  Route: C28 Vielha to Esterri d’Aneu – 26 miles   Ridden: 30/06/2007   The C28 links Vielha to the west with Esterri d’Aneu to the east and crosses this pass – Puerto in Spanish, Port in French. The eastern ramp is quite tight and was being extensively resurfaced and widened when we were [...]

  Route: N260 Adrall to Sort – 29 miles   Ridden: 30/06/2007   The N260 between Adrall, south of Andorra and Sort to the west is one of the finest biking roads you will ever have the pleasure to ride. In the course of the 29 mile ride you pass over the Coll del [...]