Where to find Marmotte photos and videos

There were plenty of photographers alongside the Marmotte route but without a pen and paper to write down who was taking them you need to try and track down who actually was taking the photos.

We've identified the two main companies taking photos along the routes and their locations.

Glandon - near top reservoir - Photo Breton

Galibier - ascent - Photo Breton

Galibier - 1.5km from summit - Griffe Photos

Galibier descent - Photo Breton

Alpe d'Huez - Bend no 5 - 3.5km from summit - Griffe Photos

Alpe d'Huez - ascent - Photo Breton

Alpe d'Huez - finish line - Photo Breton

Photo Breton allows you to search on the basis of your dossard number (start number) and groups all your photos together while Griffe Photos makes you search by the time you rode past their camera man, which involves you being able to remember that detail and also searching through hundreds (and possible even thousands) of photographs of other riders.

Photo Breton charges from 12 euros upwards and 19 euros for a digital download. There is a bulk discount so, for example if you order eight different photographs then the digital download charge comes down to 14 euros per photograph. Griffe Photos charges from 12 euros upwards for a single print of your photograph with an electronic copy of your picture costing 20 euros.

Jérôme Breton from Photo Breton explained to us why the photographs are expensive. "We have nine photographers working on the Marmotte with top cameras - 13 to 24 million pixel cameras - and they take more than 74,000 pictures on the day. We then have nine people working for three days identifying the dossard numbers and putting up their pictures online. We have to use three servers to put the photographs online because it uses so much server space. And on top of that we have to pay the organisers of La Marmotte to use their name and to be linked to the event. We offer the best service and that comes at a price."

As a momento of your day out on the Marmotte it may not be cheap but it will remind you forever of the pain of climbing the Glandon, Galibier or Alpe d'Huez. And by comparison with the cost of driving out to the Marmotte, staying in a hotel or apartment and the cost of your bike, it isn't really much at all!