{"id":4870,"date":"2013-07-11T06:44:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T04:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.30.207.235\/tourmalet-the-distance-mountain\/"},"modified":"2013-07-11T06:44:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T04:44:46","slug":"tourmalet-the-distance-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/tourmalet-the-distance-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourmalet: &#8216;The Distance Mountain&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">For those of us who love the sports in general, cycling in particular, Col du Tourmalet, or just Tourmalet, is more than a mountain pass. And for those who are more clueless, just say that Tourmalet means &#8216;the Distance Mountain&#8217; will give you an idea of what we are talking about.<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Although this year the Tour de France has decided to dispense with it , the truth is that the Tourmalet is one of the most iconic mountain for cycling, not only for its difficulty but also for the battles over the years. Moreover, it&#8217;s the most frequently included mountain pass in the itinerary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footdistrict.com\/blog\/el-tourmalet-camino-de-mal-retorno\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1832\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/800px-Col_tourmalet_01.jpg\" alt=\"800px-Col_tourmalet_01\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Since joining the french race, in 1910, the Tourmalet has seen suffering over the bicycle lots of the best riders of all time. Merckx, Hinault, Indurain, Armstrong o Anquetil have carried out truly feats on its roads, or unpaved roads for Bahamontes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Le Coq Sportif showing its commitment with cycling, has paid tribute to the peak with this jewel, the <a href=\"https:\/\/footdistrict.com\/en\/le-coq-sportif\/\">Le Coq Sportif<\/a> Tourmalet. And if the name is not enough, the shoe comes with a grip outsole and a refined style which give it an irresistible cycling look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footdistrict.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/footdistrict_le-coq-sportif-tourmalet_5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1800\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/footdistrict_le-coq-sportif-tourmalet_5.jpg\" alt=\"footdistrict_le-coq-sportif-tourmalet_5\" width=\"599\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us who love the sports in general, cycling in particular, Col du Tourmalet, or just Tourmalet, is more than a mountain pass. And for those who are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,63],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[4,7,5,6,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-4870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-noticias"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4870"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=4870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}