Monthly Archives: July 2012
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Stage 3 Preview: The Third And Final Stage
July 31, 2012
Yesterday saw the team take on the Col du Telegraph, the Col du Galibier and the notorious Alpe d’Huez. The final day of the Trois Etapes Challenge, Tuesday 31st July, will see our heroic team complete this major challenge, overcoming their injuries and raising funds for Walking With The Wounded’s re-training and re-skilling programmes …
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Stage 2 Review: The Imposing Second Day
July 31, 2012
Yesterday, Monday 31st July, saw our heroic cycle team take on Stage 2 of the Trois Etapes. Total Distance: 109 km (see map above) Total Net Height Gained: 3,552 m (see graphic below) Feared by amateur riders as well as professionals, this formidable section of the Alps is picturesque and typical of the postcard images of …
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Rab Smedley Updates The Race Diary
July 31, 2012
Rab Smedley gives an overview of Stage 2 and mentions the crash which cost the team a minute’s worth of time, but thankfully no-one was badly hurt. After Stage 2, the Walking With The Wounded Trois Etapes Cycle Team is 26 minutes behind the leader. Rab sounds confident that the strength and the resolve of …
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Mark Beaumont Explains the Final Push To Alpe d’Huez
July 31, 2012
Mark Beaumont can be seen discussing the world-renowned Alpe d’Huez. This is the stage which Trois Etapes Lead Pro Rider, Carlos Sastre, secured the 2008 Tour de France crown and always proves to be a gruelling up-hill battle. The “relentless” gradient and the “baking hot” 30° heat were not made easier by the notorious 21 …
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The Col du Galibier Tunnel As The Team Saw It
July 31, 2012
This stunning recording gives you an insight into this unique section of Stage 2 of the Trois Etapes Challenge. Filmed with a handle bar-mounted camera, this shot brings you close to the action and shows you just how the team will have experienced leaving the Col du Galibier Tunnel into the stunning scenery at a …
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Team Captain at the top of Col de Galibier climb
July 31, 2012
Team Captain Mark Beaumont checks in with Walking With The Wounded HQ from the top of the steep, prolonged climb of Col du Galibier. This sections marked the end of the last timed section of the day and, at a height of 2,556 m above sea level, was the highest point which will be reached …
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Mark and Rab at the Col du Telegraph Peak
July 31, 2012
Following the 27 km cycle to the top of Col du Telegraph, which required a height gain up to 1,566 m, Mark Beaumont and Rab Smedley can be seen discussing how they found this first section of Stage 2 on Monday 30th July. Rab desribes how he clipped Pete’s back wheel which resulted in Rab …
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Walking With The Wounded Provide Funding Boost For Local Charity
July 30, 2012
East Anglia based mental health charity Julian Support has expanded its outreach service to ex-service personnel thanks to a grant from forces charities Walking With The Wounded and Help For Heroes. Discovery Quest is a mountaineering rehabilitation programme in East Anglia for ex-services personnel and one of the initiatives that money raised by …
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South Pole 2013: Join The Team
July 30, 2012
Walking With The Wounded is looking for injured servicemen and women to take part in an expedition to the South Pole. Following the huge successes of the North Pole 2011 and Everest 2012 expeditions we are going south. The South Pole 2013 will be our largest expedition to date. The Walking With The Wounded South Pole 2013 …
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Pete Latham Chats About The Col de la Croix de Fer
July 30, 2012
Pete Latham, team member of the Walking With The Wounded Trois Etapes Cycle Team, dicusses the first large climb of the Trois Etapes. Stage 1 sees the teams have to race up-hill to a point known as Col de la Croix de Fer which sits proudly at a height of 2067m. In order to reach …
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