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S11 Ep138: Explore | The heat is on

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Explore returns with Adam Bowie, one of The Cycling Podcast's producers, taking over the mic to document his ride at the 2023 Étape du Tour.

Each July, the Étape gives thousands of riders a chance to experience the thrill of riding the route of a Tour de France stage on closed roads. This time it was the course of stage 14 from Annemasse to Morzine in the Alps, taking in the Col de Cou, Col du Feu, Col de la Ramaz and Col de Joux Plane.

The Étape was celebrating its 30th anniversary – the first edition was held in 1993 and was 'won' by Christophe Rinero, who five years later won the king of the mountains. More recently, the fastest finisher in the 2018 Étape, Victor Lafay, won a stage of the 2023 Tour de France in San Sebastian.

But for the other 16,000 participants the challenge is completing the stage. Regular listeners will remember Adam's episode of Explore from 2021, in which he tackled the 350-kilometre King Alfred's Way route in south-west England.

This time, we join Adam in the Alps, as he takes on a reconnaissance ride a few days before the Étape...

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Lionel Bernie here to introduce this episode of Explore by the Cycling Podcast.

0:18.9

This time we've handed the mic to our producer Adam Bowie, who rode the 2023 Etapped

0:23.8

due tour in the summer. You may remember his excellent episode of Explore a couple of

0:28.5

years ago when he took on the 350-kilometer King Alfred's Way route in the south of England.

0:35.3

Well this time he's in the French Alps for the Etapped, which took him from Anomas to

0:39.6

Mausine. For those who've not heard of it, the Etapped gives thousands of cyclists a chance

0:45.5

to experience riding the route of a Tour de France stage on closed roads each July.

0:51.1

And this year's event marked the 30th anniversary of an event that's grown into one of the largest

0:56.0

mass participation rides in the world, with more than 16,000 riders from 70 countries rolling

1:01.8

out to tackle a course which featured the Calde d'Acu, Calde d'Afu, Calde d'Aramas and

1:07.2

the Calde d'Aju plan. Although it's not a race, the Etapped does crown the first riders

1:12.8

to cross the line, and the first event in 1993 was won by Christophe Renéro, a Frenchman

1:18.6

who five years later won the King of the Mountains jersey in the Tour de France. More recently,

1:24.3

Victor Lafay won the 2018 Etapped, and this July he crossed the line first in stage two of

1:30.3

the Tour de France in San Sebastian of course. But not everybody is there aiming to get over

1:36.0

the line first. For some, just riding a stage of the Tour de France and giving themselves

1:41.2

some kind of impression of what it must be like to do this day after day for three weeks

1:45.6

in July is what the whole experience is all about. If you'd like to ride in 2024, the

1:52.0

Etapped will cover the course of stage 20 of the Tour de France and niece to the Calde

1:56.4

d'Acu, over three calls on the way before the uphill finish where Richie Port and

2:01.4

today Pogaccia have won stages of Paris niece in recent years. There are several packages

2:06.8

put on by tour operators, but general registrations open on Tuesday, October 31st. So if you want

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