Bryan and Dana Albert training on Mt. Diablo
Read all of Dana's stories:
Riding
La Marmotte
Team
Time Trial
T-Mobile Int'l: A Spectator's Eye View
Confessions of an Un-Doper (in three parts)
Part
1
Part
2
Part
3
Return to La Marmotte (in three parts)
Part
1 Preparation
Part
2 Race Day
Part
3 Notes and Climb Profiles
Interview with Michael Aisner (in two parts)
Part
1
Part
2
5 Seconds on a Mountain Pass
Red Zinger/Coors Classic DVD Release Party
Punish Me, Young Man!
Nevada City Classic - A Closer Look
Riding the Everest Challenge (in two parts)
Part
1
Part
2
“The most miserable of my memories from the 2003 race is of climbing the
Col du Galibier. It is a Hors Catégorie monster, more than 11 miles
long and climbing almost 4,000 feet to the highest summit of La Marmotte.
At almost 8,500 feet, this is frequently the highest elevation of the Tour
de France as well. Statistics alone don’t do this climb justice. Maybe
it’s the fact that it’s the third major climb of La Marmotte;
maybe it’s the elevation; maybe it’s the sheer leg-wringing
length of the thing.”
Read the entire story of Dana’s return to Marmotte here.