Minimum altitude: 229 meters
Distance: 34.8 km
Slope Aspect: West
Vertical Climbed: 685 meters (2,247 feet)
Vertical Descended: 697 meters
Rating: 3
Cycling in the Alps is starting to get depressing. The PR at the Col d'Hurtières belongs to a certain Colin Savioz on Strava, 24 minutes. I took 50 for 700m over 8km. Some people joked with Colin that he was on a motorbike, but no, his KoM corresponds to a totally human VAM of 1600m/h.
Even my time is slower than last year's, which is slower than the year before.
At least there's the view to console me.
Hot, 30C a little shade here and there on the way up and down - in fact too much on the way down, difficult to see No traffic... it's a far cry from the big passes in the Alps with motorbikes all over the place.
