Special Edition: Racing the Haute Route Alps - STAGE 4 - Les 2 Alpes to Méribel
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to day 5 of our Haute Route coverage as Matt and his Team round the corner at the halfway mark of the 7-day journey from Nice to Megève.
Stage 4, titled ON YOUR TOES, features a steep 1300m+ climb up the Col du Glandon followed by a challenging ascent up the Col de la Madeleine.
Martin returns to the fold rejuvenated and Chris's youth helped him find a new gear as the entire team starts to feel the wear of four days on the saddle.
Matt provides a look at the steep challenges of the day and what we can expect as the team prepares to take on the time trial in Stage 5.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:23.6 | Back on the bike. Back on the bike, would you? Back on the bike. |
| 0:24.6 | Are you ready for the Queen's Stage, Martin? |
| 0:25.6 | If you want to come back, what better day after whatever I had, |
| 0:29.6 | heat exhaustion or malingering, whatever you want to call it, |
| 0:32.6 | if you're going to come back, what better day than 4,000 meters |
| 0:35.6 | with climbing and three alpine cold. What? |
| 0:38.3 | What? |
| 0:39.3 | What? |
| 0:40.3 | What? |
| 0:41.3 | Oh dear, yeah. |
| 0:44.3 | All right, here we are. |
| 0:46.3 | So stage four. |
| 0:47.3 | We've made it to Meribel. |
| 0:49.3 | Today, three big climbs, 14,500 feet for everyone. |
| 0:55.8 | Very, very challenging. |
| 0:58.1 | And by itself, it would be a tough day. |
| 1:00.9 | This is on the fourth day. |
| 1:02.3 | I think everyone's starting to feel it. |
| 1:03.7 | But incredibly, everyone did exceptionally well. |
| 1:07.2 | We had some standout performances from Chris today, I think. |
| 1:10.5 | We had Martin return, |
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