"Due to the overwhelming success of Scott's cobbles ride and post-ride festivities watching Paris-Roubaix, I am offering to organize a similar event during the Tour.

Saturday, July 13 is the Alpe d'Huez stage, with an OLN rebroadcast at 5:00 PM. This is a high mountain stage, and to offer the flavor of such I propose the following options:

1) Boathouse->Seven Lakes->106->17->Arden Valley Road->Seven Lakes->106->9W->Seven Lakes->Perkins. With an 8:00 AM start and one very short stop, there should be plenty of time to catch the 2:02 PM train out of Garrison so all can get to the Water Street bar by 5:00 PM. For a local route, this would provide a nice sense of what the real stage is like.

2) For those desiring something closer to the real thing, I know of a brutal 90 mile route in the Adirondacks, ending with a climb of Whiteface Mountain, which very, very closely approximates the length and grade of Alpe d'Huez. Alpe d'Huez is 8.7 miles, 8%; Whiteface is 8 miles, 8.4%, a bit shorter but steeper. This route has close to 10, 000 vertical feet of climbing. I would coordinate stage viewing with one of my contacts up there.

Option #1 is the most practical, Option #2 the most ""realistic."" Option #1 requires no travel; Option #2 would require a weekend commitment, and may prove repetitive for those participating in the June 21 Whiteface hillclimb race."