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		<title>Battle Sites of Picardie and Belgium &#8211; Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denis Smyth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blagny-sur-Ternoise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brittany Motorcycle Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calais to Albert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fauqembergues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flanders Fields]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Museum at Agincourt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eddie Smyth A trip to the battle sites of Northern France is always a good topic of conversation for bikers as they sip ale in the cosy confines of the local pub. It’s not as far away as the Alps and certainly not as risky as a trip across the Andes. Nor is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Alpine and Pyrenees Tour. Day 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denis Smyth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Col d'Izoard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Col de l'Iseran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Col du Galibier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Col Du Mont Cenis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Col du Petit St.-Bernard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cormet de Roselend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gorges de Daluis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gorges Du Verdon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lac de Roselend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mont Ventoux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motorcycle Touring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R1150RT RT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road trooper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Col Du Galibier (Alt. 2646 m) The northern ramp is currently not great from Valloire to Verneys but enjoyably none-the-less, riding through Verneys in September was an experience as it had no road surface at all, some lads from the road works dept had dug up the fecken lot leaving me to ride my R1150RT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Alpine and Pyrenees Tour. Day 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denis Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Euro Bike Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biking Routes - France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Route des Grande Alps - Roads, Links, Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alps Motorbike Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Biking Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMW Motorrad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Col d'Izoard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Col de l'Iseran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a big day riding some of the best roads I know of. Leaving Albertville I headed up Col des Saisies 1657m, Cormet de Roselend 1967m, Col du Petit St.-Bernard 2188m (Hannibal&#8217;s Pass), Col de l&#8217;Iseran 2,770m (Highest Paved Mountain Pass in Alps), Col Du Mont-Cenis 2087m, Col du Telegraphe 1566m, Col Du Galibier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Alpine and Pyrenees Tour. Day 1 &amp; 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denis Smyth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Route des Grande Alps - Roads, Links, Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alps Motorbike Tour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Tour was 6500+ km through the Alps and the Pyrenees taking in 38 of the highest passes, many made famous from the Tour de France cycle race in 10 days. Starting in Albertville I rode through the French and Italian Alps down as far as Gorges du Daluis where I rode along Gorge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Tour Servicing at Platinum Motorcycles</title>
		<link>http://www.roadtrooper.com/pre-tour-servicing-platinum-motorcycles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denis Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMW Motorbikes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve had a number of motorcycles over the years with the bike I regret selling the most being a 1995 Kawasaki VN800A with a 21” front wheel, Cobra pipes and a load of chrome bolt-on’s it was my pride and joy. For the most part I’d do most of the servicing on those bikes. Nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RoadTrooper&#8217;s 2011 Alpine/Pyrenean Tour Sponsored by Platinum Motorcycles!</title>
		<link>http://www.roadtrooper.com/roadtrooper-2011-alpine-pyrenean-tour-sponsored-by-platinum-motorcycles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denis Smyth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m more than happy to announce that RoadTrooper has it’s 1st official sponsor, Platinum Motorcycles in Bray, Co Wicklow (www. platinummotorcycles.ie) Mark, a BMW qualified mechanic and specialist at Platinum Motorcycles has kindly sponsored my 2011 European Tour starting in September which will entail an approx 6,500km run through the French, Swiss, Italian Alps down [...]]]></description>
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