So eventually I made it in to the comic. Not the most flattering of pictures (page 52 - and also on page 7) but the views from the top of the Col de la Croix Fry were stunning.
There was a similar article in Cycling Plus in the Autumn and I could vaguely be made out in the bunch in a couple of pictures.
I've done the event twice and its been fantastic - great weather, fantastic scenery, brilliant company and superb organisation.
M