After crossing the border from Italy to France at the end of stage #7, I followed with a relatively short but beautiful final stage #8 into the French Alps, over Col du Lautaret and Col du Galibier. While I had Alpe dHuez in my mind as final destination, it turned out that my family stayed in Valloire, on the other side of Le Galibier. Since I already had to change my route twice due to bad weather, I was happy to change it again in favor of a famous mountain pass. After all, Alpe d’Huez, being a relatively low ski resort, seems overrated as cycling goal anyway, at least compared to le Col du Galibier.

In Valloire, I enjoyed an American Pale Ale called Galibier from the local mountain brewery to celebrate the finish of my fundraising ride.

I will write about this in another post, but wanted to thank you all for your support and contributions which means a lot, not only for me but for the people who will benefit from it. Thank you!