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2019 Climbs of the
Tour de France
TDF CLIMBS | July 5-15 2019
Ride the famous climbs of the Tour de France, from the Alps to the Pyrenees, including Mont Ventoux.
Not forgetting we’ll catch the 2019 TdF live on the tele most afternoons.
With Topbikes ‘Climbs of the Tour de France’ we venture north into the Alps, above Grenoble (nearly into Switzerland) all the way down to the Pyrenees, for 10 days of pointing our bikes up many of the Le Tours grand climbs, all of which appear regularly in the big event.
We move across the passes of Col du Joux Plane, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier, Alpe d’Huez, Mont Ventoux, Port de Pailheres, Portet d’Aspet, Col de Mente, Col de Peyresourde, Hourquette d’Ancizan, Col d’Aspin and Col du Tourmalet.
2020 Tour Dates*
Feast of Ascension - French Alps
'Eat-Drink-Ride-Suffer'
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July 23-29 2020
“Feast of Ascension” – French Alps: Climbs of the Tour de France, with Topbike Tours
Starting from Grenoble we’ll have two days up in the valley near Morzine, before moving south to Valloire, which lies between Telegraphe and Galibier. Moving on from Valloire, our next stop is L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, close to Ventoux. From here we move to Camon, and climb the massive Port de Pailheres, before our final destination of Arreau, where the tour has passed many times.
2020 Tour Price: $3990 (AUD) per person
[Places are limited to 13 clients in total (with 3 staff).]

If we complete every ride we’ll have ridden close to 1,000k’s (and climbed over 15,000 metres) including:
- Col du Joux Plane, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier, Alpe d’Huez, Mont Ventoux, Port de Pailheres, Portet d’Aspet, Col de Mente, Col de Peyresourde, Hourquette d’Ancizan, Col d’Aspin and Col du Tourmalet.
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Destination
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Tour Start / Finish
TBC -
Pick Up
July 23 - TBC -
Drop Off
July 29 - TBC: -
Cycling Fitness/Experience
Any + E-Bikes Available
Friday July 5: Day 1
Saturday July 6: Day 2
And let’s not forget the 2019 Tour de France starts today too, so we’ll be able to catch that live, on the tele.
Sunday July 7: Day 3
Monday July 8 : Day 4
Tuesday July 9: Day 5
Wednesday July 10: Day 6
Thursday July 11: Day 7
In 2010 Christophe Riblon won stage 14, this from letour.com: The first stage in the Pyrenees did provide a showdown with the overall favourites as expected but there was only a little reshuffle of the top 10 of the general classification after the stage from Revel to Ax-3 Domaines. The story of the day was that an opportunist transformed himself into a winner. In 2008, Christophe Riblon’s best result was a silver medal in the points race of the track world championships, two years later he’s claimed a stage win in the world’s biggest road race. He escaped in the first 20km and held off the charge of the GC Brigade on the two huge mountains of stage 14.
Friday July 12: Day 8
Saturday July 13: Day 9
Sunday July 14: Day 10
Monday July 15: Day 11
2019 Climbs of the Tour de France
Feast of Ascension - "Eat-Drink-Ride-Suffer"
Pass | Height | Ascent in metres | Gradient % | Distance |
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Col du Joux Plane | 1691m | 989m | 8.5% | 11.6 km |
Col de la Madeleine | 1993m | 1543m | 6.3% | 24.54 km |
Col du Telegraphe | 1566m | 856m | 7.3% | 11.8 km |
Col du Galibier | 2646m | 1245m | 6.9% | 18.1 km |
Alpe d’Huez | 1815m | 1071m | 8.1% | 13.2 km |
Mont Ventoux | 1912m | 1622m | 7.1% | 22.7km |
Port de Pailheres | 2001m | 1466m | 7.9% | 15.5km |
Portet d’Aspet | 1069m | 594m | 4.2% | 14.31km |
Col de Mente | 1345m | 676m | 6.2% | 10.88km |
Col de Peyresourde | 1569m | 939m | 6.1% | 15.27km |
Hourquette d’Ancizan | 1564m | 740m | 7.5% | 9.9 km |
Col d’Aspin | 1489m | 642m | 5% | 12.8km |
Col du Tourmalet | 2115m | 1268m | 7.4% | 17.2km |
If we complete every ride we’ll have ridden close to 1,000k’s (and climbed over 15,000 metres) including:
- Col du Joux Plane, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier, Alpe d’Huez, Mont Ventoux, Port de Pailheres, Portet d’Aspet, Col de Mente, Col de Peyresourde, Hourquette d’Ancizan, Col d’Aspin and Col du Tourmalet.