Urban Hunter, Messenger Bags and Cycling Wares,

Description: First up is the Col de Marie-Blanque (1035m) . Not the highest but the gradient of the last 4km are going to hurt.

Next is the Col Du Soulor (1474m). The route takes on it's toughest side.

Then on to the giant of the Col Du Tourmalet (2115m) . It has been included in the Tour more than any other mountain and 2010 celebrates 100 years of the Pyrénées in the Tour.

The Col du Tourmalet is one of the most well known and feared climbs of the Tour de France. It has been a part of the Tour since 1910 when Octave Lapize (aka as Frisé or Curly) was the first rider over the Col, going on to claim the yellow jersey in Paris. Lapize also saw fit to tell the organisers of this Tourmalet stage that they were 'murderers'...... "Vous êtes des assassins! Oui, des assassins!'.
Remember at this time there were hardly proper roads it was more like tracks and mud. Lapize was one of the most talented riders of his generation. He also won Paris Roubaix. He died as a fighter pilot at the age of 27. There is a memorial to him at the Tourmalet.

During the 1913 Tour, it was on the descent that Eugène Christophe broke his front fork. According to the then rules of the TdF he had to repair the damage himself, so he carried his bicycle 14 kilometers to the nearest village, Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, where he found a blacksmith's and began to forge the needed piece himself.
It took him two hours.He rejoined the Tour but was penalized an extra three minutes for allowing a boy to work the bellows while Christophe had both hands full hammering and making the new fork. Christophe finished that Tour in seventh place. Let's hope Contador has strong forks this year.

Many of the greats have led the Tour over the top of the Col....Coppi in 1949, Merckx in '69 and we will never forget the great Robert Millar in '89.

Hand screen printed in London using water based eco-friendly inks on to pure cotton.
If you are in London this Urban Hunter T-Shirt is also now sold at Mosquito Bikes in Islington.
Also check out our Col Du Tourmalet Socks
The Tees are true to size, not too tight or loose, buy your normal size.

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