The Central Pyrenees: Heart of the High Mountains

When most people talk about cycling in the Pyrenees, it is the central mountains they typically think of first. The heart of the Pyrenees is where many of the Tour de France giants live and where many legends of cycling have been born. The department is called Hautes-Pyrénées and is indeed the “high” country, where […]

The Western Pyrennees: Where the Raid Pyrenees Begins

The Western Pyrennees: Where the Raid Pyrenees Begins. In the last post, we briefly introduced the Pyrenees. Since they are a vast and mysterious place, there’s hardly room in a single blog to describe the entire chain of mountains. In the next few editions, we’ll talk more about cycling the three main regions of the […]