Motortour June 25 - June 29 2001
Alps 2001
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Motortour June 25 - June 29 2001Alps 2001 |
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Day 1, 957 km: Nieuwegein - Maastricht - Liege - Luxemburg - Metz - Nancy - Dijon (A39/N93): secundairy roads: Lons le Saunier, Clairvaux les Lacs - Col de la Savine (993m) - Col de la Faucille (1323M) - Gex - Lake Geneva - Colonnes - Bellegarde sur Vals
 Impression of the Jura - mountains... |
 Pre-season, empty restareas along the A39 |
 Curves, even after a tankstop at Arlay |
 Sunset over Lake Geneva |
 Second 'col': the Col de la Faucille |
 Hotel next to railwaystation in Bellegarde sur Vals, not a good idea... |
Day 2, 463 km: Bellegarde sur Vals - Annecy (A41) - Grenoble - secundairy roads: Vizille- L'Alpe d'Huez (1860m) - Lac Besson (2130m) - Col du Lautaret (2058m) - Col du Calibier (2650m) - St. Michel de Maurienne - Col du Telegraph (1570m) - Modane - Col de L'Iseran (2770m) - St. Foy Tarantaise.
 A view at l'Alpe d'Huez after passing it to lac Besson |
 Passing l'Alpe d'Huez you get to... |
 a different world.... Lac Besson !! |
 Beautifull situated terras at Lautaret |
 Col du Galibier |
 En route to Col de l'Iseran |
 En route to Col de l'Iseran |
 On top of Col de l'Iseran, the tourwinner! |
 Nice view from the hotelwindow this time, in St. Foy Tarantaise |
Day 3, 340km: St. Froy Tarantaise - Séez - Petit St. Bernard (2188m), Aosta - Gr. St. Bernard (2470m) - Martigny - Sion - Susten - Brig - Ulrichen - Nufenen (2480m) - Airolo
 Passing the Mont Blanc (4807m) |
 Col du Petit St. Bernard |
 Col du Grand St. Bernard, border between la France and Suisse |
 The weather is turning against us: St. Bernard ! |
 We reach the Nufenen pass, really bad weather tries catch up with us... |
 Descending from Nufenen, just before the thunderstorm catches up! |
 We reach our hotel at Airolo in a thunderstorm... |
Day 4, 408 km: Airolo - St.Gotthard pass (2108m) - Realp - Furka pass (2436m) - Gletsch - Grimselpass (2165m) - Guttannen - Meiringen - Interlaken - Thun - Bern - Biel - Delémont - Porrentruy - Delle - Belfort - Thann - Ballon d'Alsac (1247m) - La Bresse.
 Departure to St. Gotthardpass, the weather is spectacular, nut wet and cold... |
 Quick stop at the Furka pass,temperature now 3c! |
 Another stop at the now deserted Grimsel pass |
| Fast trip back to France, hot weather again with the mountains behind us... |  View over the Vosges - mountains, near ballon d'Alsac |
 Hotel with garage for our bikes and a private terras for us in la Bresse (900m) |
Day 5, 626 km: La Bresse (Vosges) - St. Dié - Lunéville - Nancy - Metz - Luxembourg - Liége - Maastricht - Nieuwegein
 Sunny morning view from the hotelwindow |
 Last picture of the Vosges before 'blasting' back to the Low Countries... |
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