Our destination, Alpe d’Huez. A small town sat in alpine high pastures and famous for two wild races, the Tour De France and the Megavalanche.
One is fought out on the infamous 21 hair-pinned climb from the valley to the town, on which Chris Froome recently held on to Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador to secure his 2nd Tour title.
And the other from the top of the Pic Blanc at 3,300m down a glacier, navigating the entire mountain and finishing in Allemont more than 2,500 metres below.