More photos from the Italy trip...

In an earlier post I gave you all a link for a slideshow that contained a plethra of photos from my trip to Italy this past summer. Missing from that slideshow were shots taken on my rides up Alp D'Huez and the Passo di Stelvio. I've just recently gotten some missing photos from my travel/cycling companion, Rodrigo, and figured I'd show a few of them to you here...enjoy!


This was taken at the top of Alp D'Huez in front of the actual finish line from the Alp D'Huez stage of this past years Tour de France.


Here I am pausing for a photo during the decent of Alp D'Huez. The little town in the background is Bourge d'Oisans, where the climb starts.


Rodrigo and I were excited about our Alp D'Huez accomplishment as shown by our poop-eating grins. We left immediately after this photo on a marathon trek all the way back to Bellagio, Italy where we ended up sleeping in the van due to our late arrival at our bed & breakfast.


This is the highest passable point in all of Europe, the Passo di Stelvio at 2,758 meters above sea level. It was about 70 degrees farenheit and sunny at the bottom...here at the top (which is the border between Italy and Switzerland) is was in the 20's and snowing.


Here I am during the decent of the Passo di Stelvio.


This is a view looking down on one section of the route to the top of the Stelvio. There were parts that kicked up to 14% on this section.