SNOW WALLS | 🇮🇹 Italy French Border 🇫🇷 | Cycling in the Alps

I'm cycling in the Italian Alps 🇮🇹 just a short drive through the Mont Blanc Tunnel under the French Alps 🇫🇷 and 🇮🇹 Italian border. I'm climbing the 🇮🇹 Italian side of the 🇫🇷 Col du Petit St Bernard / 🇮🇹 Colle del Picollo San Bernardo. The Col du Petit St Bernard has been open just a week after the Winter snows have been cleared and there are are over 5 metre snow walls as we approach the summit of the Col.
Welcome to our epic cycling tour through the beautiful Italian Alps! This route took us on a short drive through the Mont Blanc Tunnel from Chamonix to Courmayeur and the spa town of Pre St Didier where the 22km climb to the summit starts.
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The Col du Petit St Bernard, or in Italian , Colle del piccolo San Bernardo connects The Italian Aosta Valley and the French Savoie town of Bourg St Maurice via the French ski resort of La Thuille. From late November to late May is closed with snow and the road becomes a ski piste. This year there is a phenomenal amount of snow at the summit.
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Our ride on the Col du Petit St Bernard retraces the Tour de France 2009 stage which went from Martigny to Bourg St Maurice. This was the final climb of the stage and where Jens Voigt had a horrendous crash on the descent.
22km at an average 5.5% climbing from 1020M to 2188M - luckily it was a stunning day in the Italian Alps.
🇫🇷 🇮🇹The Col du Petit St Bernard / Colle ded Picollo San Bernardo is usually a Hors Category climb.
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Cycling in the French Alps is brought to you from our base at the foot of Mont Blanc close to Chamonix, France. We aim to bring you some stunning scenery, tips and knowledge and share our passion for the French Alps. We are a Husband and Wife team, Mike and Jude (Judith ) in our early to mid 50’s. We upload weekly in the cycling season and all contact is filmed and edited by us. We are based in Haute-Savoie, home of the 2027 UCI 'Mega' World Championships which will see 19 UCI Gold medals up for grabs from handisport, mountain biking, track riding and the road racing events and time trials.
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Welcome to Cycling in the French Alps.
Timecode
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Mont Blanc Tunnel Chamonix
03:30 La Thuile Italian ski resort
05:48 Snow Walls
07:00 Summit of the Col du Petit St Bernard
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[@CyclingInTheAlps]

Stunning day on the Col du Petit St Bernard. Thanks for watching. Drop any questions below cheers Mike

[@mikebaker5778]

Fantastic ride, being close to nature, thats why we cycle :)

[@CyclingInTheAlps]

Thanks Mike - yes its good for the soul isn't it

[@mutterbury]

You’re looking strong Mike, and that ride looks stunnin’ 😄

[@CyclingInTheAlps]

Thanks Matt - feeling more with it!

[@jonnieh6059]

Superb video Mike, I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since we were there.

[@CyclingInTheAlps]

Thanks Jonnie - yes time flies doesn't it?!!

[@richardoakley572]

Great video Mike. I fondly remember that climb and often tell people about it as it is one of the videos I use during my spin classes. I also remember the epic descent off the top on the french side. Keep up the good work Mike and boy do I miss those rides with you in the Alps 😢

[@CyclingInTheAlps]

Thanks Richard - yes its an epic climb! I can;t believe that was 10 years ago??

[@anemlachhomebrewing3690]

Great vid and stunning ride, envious. How would you rate the LightCarbon frameset a few years on? I’m very close to buying one but concerns over frameset quality, mainly safety to be honest. I haven’t found anything bad about them so that must be a good thing.

[@CyclingInTheAlps]

Thanks for watching. I'm still using it - I did have the same concerns however they are now at Eurobike and they were whitelabeling for Nove bikes that I vaguely remember an ex-pro riding for a while. I've raced on it - etape last year - and very happy with the quality.

[@anemlachhomebrewing3690]

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply! Hard to find a RIM brake frameset these days so think I’ll grab one.

[@CyclingInTheAlps]

@@anemlachhomebrewing3690 are you in the UK? What size are you?

[@anemlachhomebrewing3690]

@@CyclingInTheAlps I’m in Australia, ordered the 580 size last night 😃