{"id":98465,"date":"2023-11-15T15:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alpecincycling.com\/?p=98465"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:40:41","slug":"tour-de-france-cyclosportives-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alpecincycling.com\/en\/events\/tour-de-france-cyclosportives-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride like a pro: Tour de France Gran Fondos 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost every hobby cyclist knows the Letape du Tour. The original Gran Fondo of the Tour de France is a real highlight in the cyclosportive-race-calendar and is also an excellently organised event. But there are lots of other events which leads over spectacular mountains and roads, to create a real Tour de France atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Galibier Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Date:<\/strong> June 2, 2024
Start – Finish:<\/strong> Saint Michel de Maurienne – Col du Galibier (Saint Michel de Maurienne)
Routes: <\/strong>115 km \/ 335 hm, 35 km \/ 2100 hm
Tour de France climbs:<\/strong> Cols de Beau Plan | Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe | Col du Galibier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name alone gives you goosebumps. After all, it is one of the stone myths that generations of Tour de France participants have climbed. For the first time in 1911. Since then, the Tour de France has been on the 2642 meter high Alpine pass more than 60 times. Most recently, in 2022, the Galibier was “crossed” twice. In 2024, the Alpine giant is part of the 4th Tour stage on July 2nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Le Galibier Challenge is the first high mountain event in the French amateur calendar and leads on the long route over Cols de Beau Plan, Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe with the finish on the Col du Galibier. The double pack of T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe and Galibier adds up to a climbing party of over 30 kilometers and more than 2000 meters in altitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For safety reasons, the time is stopped at the top of the Col du Galibier – after a total of 78 kilometers on the long route. Afterwards, the descent to the finish town of Saint Michel de Maurienne is made at a free pace. The distance of 110 kilometers includes the descent into the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer’s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les 3 Ballon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Date: <\/strong>June 1, 2024
Routes:<\/strong> 178 km \/ 4020 hm, 93 km\/ 2200 hm
Start – Finish:<\/strong> Ronchamp \u2013 La Planche des Belles-Filles
Tour de France climbs:<\/strong> Le Ballon de Servance | Le Col d\u2019Oderen | Le Col du Hundsruck | Le Ballon d\u2019Alsace: | La Planche des Belles-Filles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tradition meets modernity at this Gran Fondo in the Vosges. The two routes lead over epic Tour de France passes. While the 13.2 kilometer climb to the Ballon d\u2019Alsace was the first official mountain ever at the Tour de France in 1905, the finish at Les 3 Ballons is on the Planche des Belles Filles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5.5 kilometer climb, with ramps of up to 19 percent, made it onto the Tour de France route for the first time in 2012, but has since been the scene of thrilling uphill finals six times – most recently in 2022. This year also saw the newly launched Tour de France for women end with a victory by Annemiek van Vleuten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer’s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lapierre GF Mont Ventoux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Date:<\/strong> June 9, 2024
Start – Finish:<\/strong> Vaison la Romaine \u2013 Mont Ventoux \/ Vaison la Romaine
Routes: <\/strong>122 km* \/ 3600 hm, 100 km* \/2600 hm
Tour de France climbs:<\/strong> Mont Ventoux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off to storm the “white giant of Provence”. At the eponymous amateur race, both distances end at the top of the bare mountain at 1909 meters altitude. The ascent on the long variant is classic via Bedoin and the Chalet Reynard. The shorter route leads via Sault to the Chalet Reynard and then further up. On the way, as a warm-up at the foot of the 21 kilometer long and on average 7.6 percent steep climb, there are still some smaller passes to master. Even if the finish is at the top, the day is only over after a neutralized 30 kilometer long descent from the summit down to Vaison la Romaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n