Road Cycling: Col du lauteret in the heat - 961 m. (3,153 ft)

Sun, 20 July 2025

Technical

Minimum altitude: 238 meters

Distance: 29.9 km

Slope Aspect: North-West

Vertical Climbed: 748 meters (2,454 feet)

Vertical Descended: 756 meters

Rating: 3

Description

Little afternoon ride before the TdF finish. The race was 90km from the end so I thought I'd have time to do a quick 30k ride and be back just before the end - like a sprint team trying to catch a break on the finishing straight. But no, I arrived about a minute after they'd finished. Still not as bad as Julien Alaphilippe celebrating his 3rd place (he thought he'd won, not realizing there was a small break ahead). 59m for the climb, my PR, way back in 2014 was 43m.

Conditions

Hot, 30C. Road busy as the main road to the 7 Laux is closed and this is an alternative for locals in the know.

Route


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