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John Lee Augustyn had his adventure of riding off the Col de la Bonette this year. Jan Ullrich rode off the Col de Peyresourde in '01. The most significant miscue, however, was probably back in 1951 when Wim van Est, chasing a breakaway, rode off the descent of the Col d'Aubisque while wearing the yellow jersey.
The descent on the eastern side of the Aubisque is not long, it is not steep and there is not even a single hairpin that I can recall. It is, however, a corniche. A road built into the side of mountain. Thus, the road twists and turns with the mountain with sheer dropoffs to your left and no barriers at all, except for a couple small sections. This road only drops about 300m after cresting the Col d'Aubisque and connects the Aubisque with the Col du Soulor 10km away. That 10km is known as the Cirque du Litor and is a beautiful ride with cows and sheeping roaming the mountainside.
This video is old and rather choppy in its editing but I like it. Mr van Est was one lucky man.
John Lee Augustyn had his adventure of riding off the Col de la Bonette this year. Jan Ullrich rode off the Col de Peyresourde in '01. The most significant miscue, however, was probably back in 1951 when Wim van Est, chasing a breakaway, rode off the descent of the Col d'Aubisque while wearing the yellow jersey.
The descent on the eastern side of the Aubisque is not long, it is not steep and there is not even a single hairpin that I can recall. It is, however, a corniche. A road built into the side of mountain. Thus, the road twists and turns with the mountain with sheer dropoffs to your left and no barriers at all, except for a couple small sections. This road only drops about 300m after cresting the Col d'Aubisque and connects the Aubisque with the Col du Soulor 10km away. That 10km is known as the Cirque du Litor and is a beautiful ride with cows and sheeping roaming the mountainside.
This video is old and rather choppy in its editing but I like it. Mr van Est was one lucky man.
2 Comments:
weird how the camera cuts away just before he goes out of control so you cant really see what happened
The last rider shown is not van Est. That riders is wearing what appears to be a national champions jersey. Maybe France or Netherlands. van Est was in a solid jersey. A yellow one if it wasn't a B&W video.
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