Today’s objective was the old anthracite mine workings above Saint-Mury-Monteymond, reached via Lancey and the steep roads climbing into the lower slopes of Belledonne.I started at around 9.

I wanted to tick off Strava’s Gran Fondo 100 km challenge early in the month.

Today’s objective was the Col de Chamrousse, part of the Échappées Iséroises series of closed-road climbs.

An easy evening gravel ride in the Grésivaudan valley, between Crolles and the Bois Français.

Today the road from Allevard to Super Collet was closed to motor traffic from 9 am to midday as part of the Closed Cols operation.

I had a little over an hour before lunch, so I headed out for a short ride in the Grésivaudan, starting with the new cycle path from Brignoud towards Tencin.

This was a two day cycling adventure linking three well known cycle routes: the ViaRhôna, the Dolce Via and the Via Fluvia.

Late afternoon ride out into the Monts d'Or above Lyon, rolling out just after 17:00 in warm, almost perfect conditions.

I set out with a simple plan: climb up and drop into Yzeron via Saint-Laurent-de-Vaux, then link the small cols before heading back toward Lyon.

It felt ambitious for early season—just over 100 km on the bike but the route had a certain logic to it: two halves of roughly 50 km, stitched together by a single, steady climb of more than 1,000 met