If you manage to get out on your bike on a regular basis on 80 to 100 mile rides we have a selection of classic routes for you. The routes include two or more climbs but most have short cuts and the routes have cafes and snack bars that are good stop off points.

Here are a couple of routes that we do with our Cyclosportive standard of riders.

Die and Col de Rousset (145km)

 

 

This challenging circuit has become a bit of a classic as there are not any shorter options once you have past the Col de Bacchus. It's a fantastic ride in both directions and Die is a great place to have a chilled-out lunchstop.

Grenoble - St.Nizier

After a fairly flat 40 mile (60km) ride to Grenoble, the 11 mile (14.5km) climb to St.Nizier offers superb views over Grenoble and the Alps. After the summit it's more-or-less downhill all the way back along the valley to Villard-de-Lans then down the Gorges de la Bourne.

 

This route explores some of the many small rural roads to the north-west of St.Nazaire-en-Royans. Distance = 110km / Climbing = 1500m / Climbs = 7.

 

 

 

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