Nigel rode in the Papival tour on Friday night, so Monday after the TDF we decided to have a look at the route http://www.papival-bike-tour.ch/Ayent.html It’s a really hard climb from St Romain up to Anzère but fun on the way down, lots of rustic little chalets in the forest stages.
Nigel’s result http://www.papival-bike-tour.ch/PDF/2009/Papival%202009%20Ayent.pdf
Getting faster, although it rained for the race and there were people sliding off in the forest stages everywhere.
