Sean King Raises Funds to help fight Cancer
Sean has been on the remote coaching program since last year and has been training for the La Marmotte. He will then spend the next 14 days riding from "village" to "village" averaging 129km (80 miles) per day through the French Alps in his quest to ride 100 mountain passes (Cols) and thereby become the only Barbadian members of the Club des Cent Cols.
Sean is a Certified Personal Trainer and has been cycling for over 6 years. Sean lost both parents to cancer less than a year apart, but it was after his mother Audrey Simpson passed in April 2005 that he felt the need to do something to raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer.
The 2008 Challenge begins on Day 1 (Sat. Jul 5th) with La Marmotte.
La Marmotte is billed as one of the toughest one day cycling events in the world. It is a mass-timed bicycle race that has taken place every year for the last 30 years.
La Marmotte is 174 kms (108 miles) long with 17,000 ft of climbing and includes these 4 major mountains all made famous by the Tour de France:
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4 major climbs:
- Col du Glandon - 1,918m ( 6293 ft)
- Col du Telegraphe - 1,570m (5,151 ft)
- Col du Galibier - 2,642m (8,668 ft) - viewed by many as the greatest climb in France, we will be doing the North side which is also the biggest vertical climb in France
- L' Alpe D'Huez - 1,880m (6,168 ft.) - the most famous mountain climb in the Tour de France
La Marmotte Route
Day 2 through to Day 14 will be riding from "village" to "village" averaging 129km (80 miles) per day through the French Alps in our quest to ride 100 mountain passes (Cols) and thereby become the only Barbadian members of the Club des Cent Cols.
Below is a table showing our itinerary and the amount of cols we will be climbing on the respective days.
| Day | Date | Start Village | Destination Village | Cols |
| Day 2 | Sun July 6 | L'Alpe D'Huez | Briancon | 2 |
| Day 3 | Mon July 7 | Briancon | Seyne | 9 |
| Day 4 | Tue July 8 | Seyne | Digne-les-Bains | 6 |
| Day 5 | Wed July 9 | Digne-les-Bains | Castagniers | 12 |
| Day 6 | Thu July 10 | Castagniers | Nice | 16 |
| Day 7 | Fri July 11 | Nice | Castellane | 11 |
| Day 8 | Sat July 12 | Castellane | Manosque | 5 |
| Day 9 | Sun July 13 | Manosque | Saint Christol d'Albion | 6 |
| Day 10 | Mon July 14 | Saint Christol d'Albion | Rosans | 14 |
| Day 11 | Tue July 15 | Buis-les-Baronnes | Pont-en-Royans | 9 |
| Day 12 | Wed July 16 | Pont-en-Royans | Die | 16 |
| Day 13 | Thu July 17 | Die | Buis-les-Baronnes | 12 |
| Day 14 | Fri July 18 | Buis-les-Baronnes | Bedoin | 12 |
Day 15 (Sat, July 19) culminates with the Galerean Challenge.
The Galerean Challenge consists of cycling up all four sides of the legendary Mount Ventoux in one day. This challenge is 187 km (117 miles) long with 20,000 ft of climbing and if successful, we will become the only Barbadian members of the Club des Cingles du Mont Ventoux with Monica becoming only the 10th woman in the world to achieve this.
Previous Routes
Download the 2007 and 2006 route information and diagrams.
Check out his website here: http://www.barbadoscyclesforcharity.org/index.html
