Fireflies Tour 2010 / 2011

13 days ago, a group of 70 riders headed to Lake Geneva - Evian to embark on
another journey for Leuka Cancer Charity. Amongst us was a surviving cancer patient from Hammersmith Hospital. What happened during the next nine days was truly epic and harder than anything I could have ever imagined, despite completing the ride in 2007. The descent of the Col d'Iseran, in -15 deg icy roads and blizzard on 3 day was a tough call, i still don't know how i got down without crashing, brakes frozen, cleats frozen, fingers numb, i was shivering so much the bike wobbled all the way, about 15km descent to the next village where we found shelter..

www.thefirefliestour.com

anyway, that was the lowest point. the highest point was my descent off the Cormet de Roseland 20km in 25 mins max speed recorded 57mph! (day 2)

Also the Balkon road from Alpe d'Huez to Le Grave was stunning (day 4), the climb and descent of Cime De La Bonnette, the night time descent of Turini to Sospel where we saw the Fireflies lighting up the road, with there tiny bright green flashes (day 7)

And finally the legendary parties in Cannes over the past 3 days, which made up for all the hardships, and we topped our £1million target for Leuka..

Al

max speed recorded 57mph

Eek.

Fair play almac :-)

nice one!!

Chapeau to all that endured and overcame.
The conditions sounded truly horrendous at times.

Safety in Numbers, although hardly a ground-breaking doco, is still inspirational.

still very hungry today.. despite finishing last Wednesday.

'Je suis cuit'

wish i woulda done it
well done brother

welcome back Alan and congratulations!
looking forward to the epic stories when we ride again. hopefully the ride will go ahead next year too.

matt was telling me all about this after tn-tthop last week, sounds awesome

Matt good to see you this week, i'll keep you posted with autumn outings, news of fireflies 2011 ride.

James, Chriz, STB, tika, Pist and Sparky thank you for your messages.. I'll keep the forum up to date with future screenings and parties etc.

I won't be on the ride next year, as i am working on a trans pyrenees trip from biarritz to barcelona with a few mates, but suspect i will feature in the training sessions for the FF newbies. PM me for guest list inclusion. Whilst I am not involved in the selection process, I try to make this charity cycle team as inclusive as possible, through introduction.

safe riding..

a nice thank you via colnago... fireflies story removed now :(

http://colnagoconbrio.posterous.com/

the steel version.. here

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this year's tour bike released this month.. looks so much like my carbon project except about 3x more expensive..

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rumours, rumours 2011 tour is going to be epic...
<::v::> <::e::> <::n::> <::t::> <::o::> <::u::> <::x::>
and i can't go this year :(

i might do this though, in september if i get my act together

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great send off on friday 10th june

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvoLfI1TqRM&NR=1

Fireflies 2011 tour.. Day Three
Iseran, Telegraphe and Galibiler ended with a blizzard and resue at Col du Lautaret..
its like 2007 all over again.. sort of please not to be there, missed those mountains though
http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150634310555556.689809.849860555

markus of cyclefilms had posted some stunning B&W images of galibier today..

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150634310555556.689809.849860555#!/media/set/?set=a.10150213160063141.334942.44610508140

2011 tour crash on day 02 wij and alicia looks like descent at cormet de roseland to bourg st maurice .. both okay phew..

YouTube - ‪Fireflies 2011 Ride - day 2 crash‬‏

quick update from the tour
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10150341722473102&oid=283742663796&comments

big ride yesterday by the FF11 tour.. gap to carpentras.
they are climbing mont ventoux this morning then on to gorge du verdon, lucky buggers

http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheFirefliesTour

one day this legend italian fellow will build me a nice bike..
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=1947025669720&set=o.115876722539&type=1&theater

we are back on the tarmac.. third corner descent on the galibier towards col du lautaret and le grave.. aka fireflies corner

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150692590513827&set=o.19178644936&type=1&theater

fireflies tour rumoured to start at lake como this year.. gutted i can't be there :(
www.thefirefliestour.com/

wow.. incredible day shoot last saturday for this promo..
chris cairns direction.. caspar inspiring us on the rollers

the squad head to verona on tuesday

http://vimeo.com/43617467

that's a great video, using the Rollapaluza rigs seems to achieve the same effect as an alpine climb, for the purposes of the film, despite the difference in discipline.....why didn't it embed?

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