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My cycling videos: climbs going above 2000 m in the Alps , Pyrenees, Canary islands, Andalucia

Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2014-12-31

Hello !

In the last few years I cycled all of the paved climbs going above 2000 m in the Alps & Pyrenees & canary islands.
I edited a best of video about my bicycletour that I had this summer in the Alps (1828 kms + 39441 m ) .
This video contains not all of the climbs that I cycled but the most beautiful ones or most memorable ones. The following clmbs can be seen for few dozen seconds or for a minute:
Passo Mortirlo, Gavia, Umbrail, Passo dello Stelvio , Forcola di Livigno , Passo dello Spluga , Juf , Oberalppass , Sustenpass (in rain + 3 degrees Celsius) , Triftalp ( 2090 m) , Moosalp (Stalden side along the vertical rockwall ) , Simplonpass , Colle Fauniera (partly above clouds) , Usseglio - Alpe Bessanetto climb (with chamois !!! ) , Col des Gondrans, La Bergerie du Bois Noir (2009 m), Col du Granon, Sestriere

3-5 of these climbs can be value as being between the ost wonderful ascents of the Alps (Stelvio, Gavia, TRiftalp (Susten - I cycled it in rain ), Colle Fauniera & Granon )

Have pleasure with the video !
(In few months time I plan to write a travelogue too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4piRlCVv8w


/I started a facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cycling.high
- with posts in Hungarian & in English ) where I will post infos, photos, videos about my tours, experiences (more than 30.000 kms in the Alps, Pyrenées, canary islands & Andalucia) ... about cycling high .. and plan an article or list / collection about the most wonderful paved climbs (finishing above 2000 m) of the Alps, Pyrenées, Canary islands & Andalucia (I haven't visited there Calar Alto 2 years ago I had not enough time for that)

Best regards,
Gábor [b][/b]

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-01-07 00:08:07



I edited another french paved climb finishing above 2000 m: La Bergerie du Bois Noir (2010 m).
This is a hardly known ascent in France.
The ascent's light section started at Guillestre. I started to cycle the same road that goes to Col d'Izoard, but after the canyon I had to turn right to Ceillac and the ascent's last section was a very calm valley with a stream and with a strange part when ca 30 m long the water came out of the ground and fell down to the stream ....
The paved road finished at 2010 m. I loved this climb ! It's worth visiting !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBlAVouf6s

Have pleasure with it !
Best regards, Gábor

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gyorgyigabor

Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-01-09 20:33:09



Hello Readers
Here is the last video I missed to have all videos about the asphalted climbs going above 2000 m in the French Alps. (In the following post I will show that list / collection with photos and videos )
Col du Granon is a steep (9,2% for 1053 m heightdiff. --> so it's harder than the ascent of Alpe d'Huez) and wonderful climb; one of my favourite ascents. 80% of the ascent is a panoramic road and there is almost no traffic: I met ca. 2-3 vehicles during the climb.
Up to now I visited twice and both occasions I rode it in sunny weather.
Have pleasure with the - I think : great - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M38iV3NBmNU

My site with experiences, photos, videos, compilations in the mountains by bike (40.000 kms abroad & 271 times cycled above 2000 m) : http://www.facebook.com/cycling.high

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-01-25 15:48:11



Hello !

I edited a compilation video about my bicycle tour In Andalucia (year 2012).
This is the 1st part with english subtitles  

The route - this part shows - was: Malaga - Puerto del Leon (view) - Almunecar - Mirador Cabra Montes (view) - Motril - Haza del Lino (Veleta panorama) - Motril - Granada - Pico Veleta - Granada
Have pleasure with the video !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZpdFe6uEdU[/b][b]

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-01-25 15:51:19



I try to correct:
The link / url of the best of video is:


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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-01-25 15:51:38



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZpdFe6uEdU

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-02-17 20:05:13



Hello !
I'm pleased to present the 2nd part of the best of video about our bicycle tour in Andalusia (2012). The video shows this route:
Granada - Pico Veleta (3394 m) - Granada - Guadix - Qu?ntar - La Calahorra - Puerto Ragua (2000 m) - Fondon - Abla - Puerto Padilla / Esc?llar (2036 m) - Fondon - Tabernasi (f?l)sivatag - Tabernas - Velefique - Tetica de Bacares (2080 m) - Almeria (and from here cycling the Costal de Sol ) - Castell de Ferro - Nerja - Malaga

This part is not only about mountains, but desert, sea and mountain lake can be seen too
Have pleasure with the video !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJBF_1E4SA

Gabor
www.facebook.com/cycling.high

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-03-03 20:34:37



Hello !
The following video is about one of the epic / killer / monster paved climbs of the Alps and Europe that goes above 2000m.

Based on the data of salite.ch and climbbybike.com Ausserfragant - Grosser Oschenuiksee (2394 m) is the hardest or 2nd hardest paved ascents of the Alps (of the wide dartabase schmunzel ), harder than Monte Zoncolan or Angliru (in Spain).

Data: 17 km & 9,8%, but the last 10 kms = 13% steepness, but often 14-15% and max. 18-20% (you can see it in my video )
That's an epic, a monster, a killer, but I loved it. That was a real challenge !

The video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C70JluUdLg

Have pleasure with the video

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-03-23 20:17:52



Hello !
I'm happy to share another cycling video about an alpine ascent: Sölden - Hochsölden (2089 m)

It is situated in Tirol, Austria, just next to the famous ascent of Ötztaler gletscherstrasse (2829 m).
It is 6,3 km long wth 10,4% avg. steepness. At the end of the climb, Hochsölden there is great, panoramic meadow with a restaurant and a playground for the children. It is an ideal place for the family too.
Thanks for watching the video

Video link / url:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xJWtPO3HY0

Best regards, Gabor

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gyorgyigabor

Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-03-23 20:19:52



The url works this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xJWtPO3HY0

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Published by: gyorgyigabor at 2015-04-11 00:34:27



Hello !
This is a video compilation with music, so this video can be used for a spinning / Indoor cycling training. A lot of wonderful ascents, landscapes can be watched in the video where I cycled in the last 5 years. It was recorded in the Alps, Pyrénées, Andalucia (Costa del Sol + Sierra Nevada). Few climbs that appear in the video: Mont Ventoux, Passo di Gavia, Bonette, Galibier, there are ascents that hadn't been filmed was rarely filmed ( Dürrboden), Col de la Core, Peyresourde, Ordesa National park in the Pyrénées, Pico Veleta (3394 m) in Andalucia. Few minutes about famous cycling challenges can be seen too: Monte Grappa challenge (261 km + 7241 m), Ötztaler radmarathon (228 km + 5500 m), Valtellina Extreme brevet (345 km + 8998 m). Have pleasure with the video & thanks for watching !

Video url:

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