Cyclists rescued from Snow on the Galibier, 3° C

A group of 150-200 cyclists taking part in an Alpine brever had to be rescued today from the Col de Galibier after the weather turned nasty and they learned that T-shirts and shorts provide very little defence against hypothermia.

Let's hope it gets better before Thursday.

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yikes

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Jul 17, 2011 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

Sound like 150-200 people who need to read Will's blog

by Jens on Jul 17, 2011 3:17 PM EDT reply actions

or just a weather report. Shorts? Only moderate sympathy. :)

"Long Live Cols" - ant1

by Willj on Jul 17, 2011 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Your blog is more interesting than the weather report

Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...

by TheFigurehead on Jul 17, 2011 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

The French word of the day:

La Cagoule = Balaclava = essential cycling gear :)

"Long Live Cols" - ant1

by Willj on Jul 17, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Another reason it is dangerous to gamble the whole Tour on the Galibier stages

I know I’m a broken record. But we’ve seen part of Alpine stages cancelled before…

by FrenchKheldar on Jul 17, 2011 3:43 PM EDT reply actions

In 1996, the stage was rerouted to avoid Col de l’Iseran and Col du Galibier due to snow

"Long Live Cols" - ant1

by Willj on Jul 17, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Not exactly re-routed.

It was simply shortened.

Didn’t hinder Riis from attacking on his selected stage ;-)

"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi.

"If I couldn't play for the Colts, I would probably stop playing football." - Peyton Manning.

by gizzardfanny on Jul 18, 2011 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions

OK, it was shortened – meaning that the two biggest mountains were excluded

FrenchKheldar makes a very good point. The current weather forecast is quite cool with potential for rain … and maybe snow on Agnel and Galbier

"Long Live Cols" - ant1

by Willj on Jul 18, 2011 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions

HTFU...

by Phil H. on Jul 18, 2011 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Amazing.. I was on the Galibier this time last year

In shorts and a t-shirt, helping riders from the tour group up… Weather was amazing….

"the rest was over 30. And that doesn't mean old and useless, but experienced and with the stamina"

Jens! Voigt, Crit Intl Interview, 2009

by CycleGirl on Jul 17, 2011 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

Just over 2 weeks ago close to 7000 Le Marmotte riders passed Galibier on a perfect sunny and not too windy Saturday. Surely, the Gods of Grand Galibier must sympathize with the friends of marmottes?

by Roketa on Jul 18, 2011 4:13 AM EDT reply actions