MONT
VENTOUX
Eight hairpins. 1,909 metres. The Giant of Provence.
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MONT VENTOUX.
The Ventoux is not a pass. It is a test. Those who know it understand: there is no shortcut, no compromise, no shade.
Mont Ventoux stands alone. No other mountain in France rises so abruptly from the flatlands of Provence – as though it had been placed there to show cyclists what a mountain really means. From Bédoin, the classic starting point, the ascent covers 21.4 kilometres with 1,610 metres of altitude and an average gradient of 7.5 percent. From Malaucène it is 21 kilometres; from Sault, a longer and flatter route.
What sets the Ventoux apart from other mountains is not just the gradient but the vegetation – or its absence. The first twelve kilometres pass through forest. Above Chalet Reynard the forest ends abruptly. The final nine kilometres run through a bare lunar landscape of white limestone scree, without shade, without protection from the wind. The Mistral can reach gusts of over 200 km/h here.
The name "Giant of Provence" is no exaggeration. Petrarch climbed the Ventoux in 1336 as one of the first people to do so purely for leisure, and wrote afterwards about his inner upheaval. Six centuries later Fausto Coppi conquered it and set in motion a legend that has never stopped.
In 1967 Tom Simpson died 1.5 kilometres below the summit, exhausted and under the influence of amphetamines. At the spot of his death stands a memorial that cycling pilgrims from around the world decorate with bidons, caps and jerseys. The Ventoux is a pass with memories that need no hairpins.
Tour history & Records.
The Ventoux has been climbed in over 20 Tour de France stages since 1951. The most celebrated winners: Fausto Coppi (1952), Charly Gaul (1958), Tom Simpson (1967, honoured posthumously after his collapse), Eddy Merckx (1970, who had to be treated with oxygen afterwards), Marco Pantani (2000).
In 2016 Chris Froome fell off a motorcycle belonging to a camera vehicle on the Ventoux and had to continue on foot – one of the most absurd scenes of the modern Tour.
The Ventoux has three ascents: from Bédoin (hardest, classic Tour route), from Malaucène (similarly hard, but reversed) and from Sault (longer, flatter, accessible for all levels). The summit plateau is bare and crowned by the meteorological station's TV mast – a landmark visible from 50 kilometres away.
- Height
- 1.909 M
- Opened
- TOUR-PREMIERE 1951
- Country
- France
What else you need you should know.
The poster shows the ascent from Bédoin: 21.4 km, 1,610 metres of altitude, average gradient 7.5%, maximum 12%.
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