into Italy july 20th

we left out base in Serre Chevalier and decended to the town of Briancon where we started to climb the col de Montenevre,, a climb of 17 km but at a reasonable gradient made this climb enjoyable,especially as the day had become warm and sunny.
After a coffee break it was onto a high speed decent of 12km thru some amazing scenery complete with tunnels then onto the main climb of the day to Sestreres in italy.
the crowds were starting to build by this stage and it gave a steady stream of new friends from all corners of the globe to ride with.

This was the climb that Claudio Chiapucci made famous by his epic solo win here in 1992 so to climb here was very special for this cycle nut!
the crowds and atmosphere here today was something i will remember for a long time.Can it get any better than this?