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2008 Route
The 2008 Challenge begins on Day 1 (Sat. Jul 5th) with La Marmotte.
La Marmotte is billed as one of the toughest one day cycling events in the world. It is a mass-timed bicycle race that has taken place every year for the last 30 years.
La Marmotte is 174 kms (108 miles) long with 17,000 ft of climbing and includes these 4 major mountains all made famous by the Tour de France:

4 major climbs:

Col du Glandon - 1,918m ( 6293 ft)
Col du Telegraphe - 1,570m (5,151 ft)
Col du Galibier - 2,642m (8,668 ft) - viewed by many as the greatest climb in France, we will be doing the North side which is also the biggest vertical climb in France
L' Alpe D'Huez - 1,880m (6,168 ft.) - the most famous mountain climb in the Tour de France

La Marmotte Route

Day 2 through to Day 14 will be riding from "village" to "village" averaging 129km (80 miles) per day through the French Alps in our quest to ride 100 mountain passes (Cols) and thereby become the only Barbadian members of the Club des Cent Cols.
Below is a table showing our itinerary and the amount of cols we will be climbing on the respective days.

Day	Date	Start Village	Destination Village	Cols
Day 2	Sun July 6	L'Alpe D'Huez	Briancon	2
Day 3	Mon July 7	Briancon	Seyne	9
Day 4	Tue July 8	Seyne	Digne-les-Bains	6
Day 5	Wed July 9	Digne-les-Bains	Castagniers	12
Day 6	Thu July 10	Castagniers	Nice	16
Day 7	Fri July 11	Nice	Castellane	11
Day 8	Sat July 12	Castellane	Manosque	5
Day 9	Sun July 13	Manosque	Saint Christol d'Albion	6
Day 10	Mon July 14	Saint Christol d'Albion	Rosans	14
Day 11	Tue July 15	Buis-les-Baronnes	Pont-en-Royans	9
Day 12	Wed July 16	Pont-en-Royans	Die	16
Day 13	Thu July 17	Die	Buis-les-Baronnes	12
Day 14	Fri July 18	Buis-les-Baronnes	Bedoin	12

Day 15 (Sat, July 19) culminates with the Galerean Challenge.
The Galerean Challenge consists of cycling up all four sides of the legendary Mount Ventoux in one day. This challenge is 187 km (117 miles) long with 20,000 ft of climbing and if successful, we will become the only Barbadian members of the Club des Cingles du Mont Ventoux with Monica becoming only the 10th woman in the world to achieve this.

Previous Routes
Download the 2007 and 2006 route information and diagrams.

Barbados Cycles for Charity. Raising awareness and funds for cancer research and other local charities.

In the last two years, a team of riders from Barbados has raised $50,000 for Charities such as the Barbados Cancer Society's Breast Screening Program and the Variety Club Children's Charity.

La Marmotte Route