Nice makes an excellent base for road cycling, particularly outside the main summer season.

As there is little snow locally I decided to get the road bike out and go up the Col du Coq as far as I could before sunset.

The Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo is the only mountain pass that links the Italian Aoste valley from the Tarentaise.

A big ride with Mike from Aime la Plagne to the Petit St Bernard pass. We'd heard it was still closed to traffic from la Ros so thought it would be a good plan.