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Ride La Route des Grandes Alpes

Six days of riding includes 16 mountain passes and 15,500m of climbing

If you’re up for a challenge, how about taking on La Route des Grandes Alpes as an organised ride this summer? The route is 700km (440 miles), takes in 16 French mountain passes, and you’ll rack up 15,500m of climbing in six days.

La Route des Grandes Alpes is a marked route that traverses the French Alps from north to south. It starts at Lake Geneva and finishes at Côte d'Azur. Famous Tour de France climbs that feature along the way include Colombière, Télégraphe, Galibier and Aravis. It sounds like a ride you’re not going to forget in a hurry.

Italian Bicycling Tours (yes, they’re obviously branching out) are running a fully supported ride from 22 June until 29 June. You’ll get on-the-road van support as you ride and will stay in two-star and three-star hotels on the route.

The organisers will sort out transfers from the airports, drinks and snacks out on the road, evening dinners and secure bike storage. You’ll also go an exclusive jersey.

The price per person is from £950, based on a twin room.

For more details go to www.italiancyclingtours.com.

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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goug0002 | 11 years ago
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Yep, sounds awesome. I'm organising exactly the same trip for 14 of my pals this summer. The cost, including flights and full van support every day, is £300, although we're staying in a mixture of 2/3 star hotels & campsites.

For £600 difference I'll buy my own "free jersey" thanks!  4

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james-o | 11 years ago
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It is awesome, rode that route a couple of yrs ago. Recommended..

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notfastenough | 11 years ago
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Sounds awesome. Should have got back into cycling while I was still single!

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