The Etape du Tour is just around the corner. So with tapering of training efforts in mind to give legs every chance to fully recover the weekend saw the last big training effort, the Fred Whitton Challenge. The Fred Whitton is a circuit of the Lakes that takes in all of the major mountain passes – over 180km of riding with around 3700m of climbing. Tough! Perhaps a little tougher than the Etape in some ways due to the extreme nature of some of the climbing. Hardknott Pass in particular is epic, and being near the end of the ride ones legs are already knackered. So again a little like the Etape which, in 2017, finishes with a 32km (albeit less severely steep) climb to the Col d’Izoard.
Series - l'Etape du Tour
- l’Etape du Tour Training Finally Starts…
- l’Etape du Tour Route
- l’Etape du Tour Training Progress
- Scorchio through the Trough of Bowland and on up Kingsdale and down Dentdale
- Last long training ride … the Fred Whitton Challenge de Staveley
- l’Etape du Tour 2017
Hi,
I’m doing the Fred next weekend and thinking of doing a 90 mile hilly route tomorrow in training. Do you think this is wise? How soon did you do the Fred before the E’Tape?
I was going to do this one last big ride before tapering.
Tim, I’d suggest a bit more tapering, a 90 mile (you know all cycling is in kms right?) route so close is touch and go! Of course it depends on how ready you are. If you regularly ride these types of distances you may be fine. But if you are close to be only just fit enough I’d say you need more tapering and just a few leg stretching rides this week – same frequency as you had for your training, but far less intensity…