100 Cols?
 

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100 Cols?

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A couple of weeks ago my chums and I did the Route de Grande Alpes -  Thonon les Bains to Nice. I've also been over a few times hoovering up some of the well known cols often used during Le Tour.

We met a mad Belgique (are there any other types?) who was doing the '100 Cols'. I'd not heard of it, considered it or even given it a moments thought - and now the seed is planted...

Anybody on here completed it or had a go and failed? Any war stories, convoluted dog ate my homework excuses or golden lessons learned for the future poor saps also potentially giving it a go?


 
Posted : 29/09/2024 9:52 am
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This one? -  https://www.100cols.nl/

My son had a go at it last year though crashed out on the Bonette 1900 miles in. He's planning on going back out and finishing it at some stage.


 
Posted : 29/09/2024 10:06 am
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Yes, that's the one. Seems mainly Cloggies and Belgiques doing it with the odd nutter from other Countries. Hope your lad is OK. You're often at ~50mph descending and coming off in lycra doesn't bear thinking about.


 
Posted : 29/09/2024 11:17 am
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Thanks, he was lucky and came off with plenty of gravel rash, but no broken bones thankfully. He did say that the heat was hard to deal with. He did a few night shifts on the bike.


 
Posted : 29/09/2024 12:03 pm

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