We may not be fast, but we are determined. The biggest ride of our lives by far! Wow! Yesterday, Martin and I rode La Marmotte. 175 kilometres (108 miles) and 5,000 metres vertical ascent (16,400 feet).

Wow, I am tired! Attracting several thousand riders, the Time-Megeve cyclosportive is one of the bigger cycling events in France.

There may not be a better base in the French Alps for cycling than Barcelonnette. It is literally surrounded by mountains looking to be climbed.

The route for the 2008 Paris-Nice was unveiled today. Stage 4 will climb Mont Ventoux on the lessor known Malaucene side - but will only go as far as Mont Serein Ski Station.

On the way up to Tréchauffex I bumped into a Chamoix - sort of a deer. We eyed each other for a while and then went our separate ways.

Stage 17 of the 2008 Tour de France will be epic. And as the last big mountain day, this stage could decide the entire race.

Don't worry, only one climb today. It does happen to be the LONGEST climb in France.