Haute Route Alps 2014 - what to expect

It is with great pleasure that twowheeltours will again be running our Fully Catered Tour to the Haute Route Alps. 

twowheeltours is the only Tour Operator that has been to every Haute Route since it began back in 2011 - we have participated in all four events ... something that only seven people can claim.

  

What is install for the HR Alps ... one of the three 'Highest and Toughest Cyclosportives in the World'?

* 90% of which is new compared to 2013 * It will include many of the Alpine ‘Giants’ * It will follow a ‘West Line’ compared to the traditional ‘East Line’ courses in previous years * Alpe d’Huez  * Mont Ventoux - for the first time The twowheeltours 11 day fully catered tour will take place from Friday 22 August thru Monday 1 September 2014. The actual Haute Route Alps cyclo-sporif will take place between 24th to 30th August 2014. The race between the new Haute Route Dolomites-Swiss Alps and the Haute Route Pyrenees  This 4th edition will see the 500 amateur riders tackle over 900kms of mountain terrain, climbing a total of 21,000m across 19 mythical cols and ascents including four mountain top finishes.  The 7 fully timed stages will revisit many ‘Haute Route classics’ including Colombière, Cormet de Roselend, Courchevel, Madeleine, Glandon and Alpe d’Huez. The second main highlight of the 2014 course will be the double ascent of Alpe d’Huez as the arrival of the Marathon Stage on day 3 and the summit of the Individual Time Trial on day 4. The 2014 route offers seven timed stages in the following formats – 5 ‘classic’ stages, a ‘marathon’ stage (137km and 4,600m of vertical ascent) and the Alpe d’Huez Individual Time Trial. Haute Route Alps 2014 Stage by Stage: Event Village, Saturday 23rd August: Geneva Stage 1, Sunday 24th August: Geneva – Megève (130km, 3100m D+) Stage 2, Monday 25th August: Megève – Courchevel (130km, 3900m D+) Stage 3, Tuesday 26th August: Courchevel – Alpe d’Huez (137km, 4600m D+) Stage 4, Wednesday 27th August: Bourg d’Oisans – Alpe d’Huez ITT (15km, 1100m D+) Stage 5, Thursday 28th August: Bourg d’Oisans – Digne-les-Bains (188km, 2900m D+) Stage 6, Friday 29th August: Digne-les-Bains – Mont Ventoux (159km, 2800m D+) Stage 7, Saturday 30th August: Digne-les-Bains – Nice (153km, 2350m D+) Haute Route Alps 2014 Cols & Ascents: Stage 1: Colombière 1613m / Croix Fry 1467m / Aravis 1486m Stage 2: Saisies 1657m / Cormet de Roselend 1967m / Courchevel 1850m Stage 3: Madeleine 1993m / Glandon 1924m / Alpe d’Huez 1860m Stage 4: Alpe d’Huez 1860m Stage 5: Ornon 1371m / Parquetout 1398m / Festre 1441m Stage 6: Notre Dame Abeilles 1000m / Mont Ventoux 1912m Stage 7: Corobin 1211m / St Barnabé 1365m / Bleine 1439m / Vence 962m Haute Route Alps 2014 in numbers: Total distance: 911km Cols & Ascents: 19 Total Ascent: 21,000m Total Descent: 16,700m 5 Classic stages + 1 Marathon Stage + 1 Individual Time Trial Highest col: Madeleine 1,993m Marathon stage (stage 3): 137km, 3 cols and ascents, 4,600m of climbing For More Information on our Fully Catered Tour - please visit: http://twowheeltours.com.au/haute-route/haute-route-alps-2014.html What is the twowheeltours difference when deciding on which Tour Operator to go with?  Where will we be staying during the Haute Route Alps?   For videos from our Haute Route 2013 tours please click Haute Route Pyrenees 2013 Haute Route Alps 2013

Haute Route Pyrenees with twowheeltours

The 2014 Haute Route Pyrenees unveiled twowheeltours is excited to continue our relationship as an Official Tour Operator for the Haute Route Pyrenees. We will be at all three cyclo-sportives in 2014 - Dolomites, Alps and Pyrenees. The new route for 2014 has been revealed with more than 80% of the course introducing new terrain and climbs to the riders compared to 2013. The Departure and Arrival cities for 2014 remain the same as the iconic city of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) will, once again, welcome the 500 amateur riders as the starting point of the 2014 Haute Route Pyrenees, finishing in the beautiful resort of Anglet (Basque Coast, France) along the Atlantic Ocean. The Haute Route Pyrenees will take place from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th September 2014, combining 790km cycling distance and 19,500 meters of vertical ascent, crossing 21 challenging Pyrenean cols and ascents between Spain and France. The route rediscovers the legendary ascents of Tourmalet, Peyresourde, Soulor and Aubisque and introduces new legends, such as, Port de Pailhères, Ax-3-Domaines, Hourquette d’Ancizan and Marie-Blanque. twowheeltours will again offer our high level fully catered packages. There is an11 day package where riders come in to the Barcelona area two days prior to the start and have two days to relax after the race in 5 star luxury in the beautiful Biarritz. We also offer an 8 day package, riders come into the the Barcelona area the day before the race begins and are apart of our fully catered tour during the race. For more information on our package - click here. Between the sea and the ocean, the first and last stage will cross Spanish terrain whilst the other five stages will roll across France. Nine different venues will welcome the Haute Route Pyrenees peloton including five new venue partners for this edition: Ripoll, Font Romeu, Ax-les-Thermes, Luz-St-Sauveur and St-Jean-Pied-de-Port. The 2014 route offers seven different timed stages in the following formats - 5 ‘classic’ stages (averaging 120km with 3 main climbs), a ‘marathon’ stage (148km with 4 cols and 3,900m vertical ascent) and an individual time trial (Col du Tourmalet, from Luz-St-Sauveur). Haute Route Pyrenees 2014 Stage by Stage: • Event Village Sunday 31st August: Barcelona (Spain) • Stage 1 Monday 1st September: Ripoll to Font Romeu (93km, 2500m D+) • Stage 2 Tuesday 2nd September: Font Romeu to Ax-3-Domaines (120km, 3000m D+) • Stage 3 Wednesday 3rd September: Ax-les-Thermes to Bagnères-de-Luchon (160 km, 2700m D+) • Stage 4 Thursday 4th September: Bagnères-de-Luchon to Argelès-Gazost (120km, 3800m D+) • Stage 5 Friday 5th September: Individual Time Trial – Col du Tourmalet (18.5km, 1500m D+) • Stage 6 Saturday 6th September: Argelès-Gazost to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port (148km, 3900m D+) • Stage 7 Sunday 7th September: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Anglet Basque Coast (124km, 2000m D+) Haute Route Pyrenees 2014 Cols & Ascents: • Stage 1: Merolla 1103m / Creueta 1933m / Font Romeu 1800m • Stage 2: Moulis 1099m / Garabeil 1262m / Port de Pailhères 2001m / Ax-3-Domaines 1380m • Stage 3: Port 1250m / Portet d’Aspet 1069m / Menté 1349m • Stage 4: Peyresourde 1569m / Hourquette d’Ancizan 1564m / Tourmalet 2117m • Stage 5: Tourmalet 2117m • Stage 6: Soulor 1474m / Aubisque 1709m / Marie-Blanque 1035m / Ahusquy 1070m • Stage 7: Ispeguy 672m / Otxondo 570m / Ibardin 317m Haute Route Pyrenees 2014 in numbers: Total distance: 790km Cols & Ascents: 21 Total Ascent: 19,500m Total Descent: 17,700m 5 Classic stages + 1 Marathon stage + 1 Individual Time Trial Highest col: Tourmalet 2117m Marathon stage (stage 6): 148km, 4 cols, 3900m of climbing