Day 3 movie - The Madeleine
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June 24, 2007
Crew at work
June 23, 2007
The Nedstat train heads back home
Descending at 60 km per hour
Almost no sweat
Ferry and Arie got used to waiting
Michael on his way to a new personal best
Gerben, isostar!
Enrico strikes back
Madeleine gives no presents
With one hand
The team has conquered Madeleine
But Kai still wonders where she is.
Coca cola - Refreshing!
Enrico raised our hands too
Michiel attacked on the Madeleine
Kai, water!
Bas on the Madeleine
Ascent of the Iseran
The Iseran is a long, long climb. The steepest parts are at the beginning, and the final 2.5km. Especially that last bit is an absolute killer. You are already at 2500m altitude, and have been on your bike for many hours. And to face a 8-10% gradient can really break you. But we all made it!!
June 22, 2007
the nedstat train at full speed
Tsjerk made it. Lets have lunch.
Ralf on his way
Video of the Cormet de Roselend
Taken with my bike-cam, sorry about the shakyness, the roads here just aren't perfect.. ;-)
June 21, 2007
Ferry gets kisses
As the winner of the first ever Nedstat Classic Bolletjestrui, Michael arranged some attractive ladies to do the handover.
Ready to go, day 1
First col: done
the forecast was right.
not a great start
The first day starts with an incredible downpoor and intense thunderstorm. According to the rainradar, this will pass but it looks intimidating right now...
June 20, 2007
Garmin - Tomtom 1 - 0
While Wiard tries to reboot his windows-mobile Tomtom, my antique Garmin Quest takes over navigation.
Nedstat train against the wind - 35km per hour average
Kai is overtaking supercars
Quote: Was there a 90 sign? Oh I missed that. But no worries, I have seen no speedcams.
The team at 2770 meters
The final part of the Iseran is the toughest
It is lonely near the top
always great to see such cooperation
June 19, 2007
the weather forecast is not optimal
Of course it will rain only at night.
June 18, 2007
Profiles of this year
Below are the profiles of the three main climbs that we will do this year. They are on the same scale and start at the same altitude, to make them easily comparable.
You will notice that the first day is the easiest, with the Cormet de Roselend. It is not very steep, nor very high, and you get a rest break at about two thirds as we pass the lake. The second day is tougher in the sense that the Iseran is a very very long climb, though never very steep. The Madeleine on the third day will be toughest. It is quite long and steep, and you get no breaks.
You can also download this picture as a pdf.
Our route
Here's a link to a Google Map showing our route. Hope this works.