Beautiful cycling on the French Riviera
Vélo Monaco welcomes to some amazing days cycling together. Here below is our suggestions on routes. Everything can be changed after your wishes and the form of the day
Col de Eze 1st Day, Today’s cycling is later in the afternoon after guests arrived here on the French Riviera.
Today we enjoy the last part of the second stage of the Tour de France 2020 route, Nice – Baie des Anges – Promenade des Anglais. This ride is 38 km in total and 700 m elevation gain, see Strava profile here
From today’s climb Col d’Eze you will have beautiful view over the sea and Cap Ferrat.
Col de Turini, 2nd Day We meetup the guests outside their Hotel.
From the Hotel, we take the car to Sospel and from there we start our cycling today.
Here is our suggestions of rides
Col de Turini, see Strava profile here
36 km and 1300 m elevation gain
Col de Turini was featured in the Tour de France 2020 and it is a 24 km long climb.
Roquesterone, 3rd Day Cote de Azur countryside. Our ride today starts in Gattieres, same where the Tour de France stage 3 in 2020 passed through. It is a 35 km ride and just below 500 m elevation gain. See Strava profile here
Mont Ventoux, 4th Day Today the guests arrives by helicopter to Carpentras. From there the guests go by car to Bédoin, where today’s ride start. Bédoin-Mont Ventoux is 21.3 km long, it climbs 1,579 m, and its average gradient is 7.4%. See Strava profile here
It’s the route the Tour has taken 15 times, the iconic climb that everyone will assume you’re doing if you tell them you’re cycling Mont Ventoux. It’s on all the “top rides” lists.
Col de la Madone, 5th Day Today we will test our legs in the most famous test climb on the French Riviera.
When he lived in Nice, Lance Armstrong used the Col de la Madone climb as a test to discover if he was ready for the Tour de France. Armstrong would hit the Col de la Madone two weeks before the Tour and know from his performance if he was going to win or not.
The American bicycle manufacture Trek, has even named a model after the climb, Madone.
It is still a very popular climb for the pro riders living in Monaco.
Today’s suggested ride is 32 km ride and 1200 m elevation gain. See Strava profile here
We can also shorten today’s ride, and finish at the Col de la Madone summit. Then the ride is 15 km and just above 900 m elevation gain. This we can decide on the ride, depending on how the legs feel after yesterday’s Mont Ventoux.
