Cycle Route 1044069 – via Bikemap.net The afternoon before our 3am assault of Ventoux we cycled this nice little loop from Bédoin up to Col Notre Dame des Abeilles. It’s an open, quiet climb with views of Mont Ventoux. The road we took for the descent was a little bumpy, but deserted. So it’s perhaps a better loop in the opposite direction. For really superb loop, combine Col des Abeilles with the – truly superb – and beautiful Gorges de la Nesque (I marked the Gorges on the map. See here for more details.
Author: Will
Will
Happiest while cycling uphill.
A short but stunning (and challenging) loop in the Vaudoise alps with Doreen.
A gigantic climb that I’d long dreamed of cycling.
Video: Cycling Col de la Colombière
If you’re touring the RGA it’s worth stopping for a day in Beaufort and taking a detour up to Col du Joly.
A fun day with Philipe and Xavier cycling in the Swiss Jura mountains and watching the Tour de Romandie.
The Vercors region is about as good as it gets for cycle touring.
A very steep, deserted forest road in the Swiss Jura mountains.
Le Cycle Magazine once called Mont du Chat perhaps the toughest (paved) climb in France. I think there are harder, but it’s fairly brutal.
I am now eligible to become a “member” of the Confrérie des Fêlés (brotherhood of the crackpots) du Grand Colombier.