- Just arrived in the Camping site in Clermont Ferrand with the bike in the car!
- Official departure day from Clermont Ferrand of Sun Trip Tour 2017
- Clermont Ferrand ready to leave....
- Clermont Ferrand departure of Sun Trip Tour 2017: FRANCE 3 interview
- On the way to Le Puy en Velay
- On the way to Le Puy en Velay....before the thunderstorm!
- Le Puy en Velay
- First day in the Sun Trip....and first big problem with my front tire!
- But with the help of Stéphane I was able to make a first fix (the new tire I bought was not the good size!)
- First article in the local press!
- Official start from Le Puy en Velay with all the authorities!
- Market place to have a nice lunch with all the other guys...while batteries get recharged!
- Going up, on the way in the Gorges....to Lans en Vercore
- Lans en Vercore, official arrival in the main square of the village
- My front tire was dead....here you can see that the repair we made avoided the worst! Luckily I found a tire 'almost of the right size' (1 inch ,1)
- Going down to Grenoble...and preparing for the first real mountain pass of the Sun Trip!
- After a really tough climb, with several sections at 12%, I reached the Col de la Croix at 2062 m. of altitude !
- Nice stop at lunch time with several participants...to get some rest before the next climb!
- Catching the last sun ...to be ready for the tough climb of tomorrow!
- Few moment of rest....before the last few km to the Col de l'Iseran!
- On the Col de l'Iseran, 2770 m. with a strong cold wind from the north making it even tougher...
- Happy to be finally arrived in Val d'Isère ....after a long and freezing descente
- Col du Gran San Bernard.....
- ....together with the rest of the team, happy to be there at 2473m. of altitude
- Here it starts the long descente from Col du Gran San Bernard to Lausanne
- Technical curves all the way down from Col du Gran San Bernard to Lausanne
- Balancing with my left leg ....in the technical curves from Col du Gran San Bernard to Lausanne
- Technical curves ....with my friend Stèphane following me!
- Still going down to Lausanne ....with my friend Stèphane
- Lunch at the UCI worldwide headquarter just before arriving to Lausanne
- Along Geneva lake
- Finally arrived in Lyon!
This is an interview from France 3 on my climb to the Col de la Croix de Fer
And this is a reportage on the last days of the Sun Trip 2017 from France 3