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Mont Ventoux

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Mont Ventoux

Unlike many other of the great cycling climbs, the roads leading up the Ventoux don't really go anywhere other than down the other side, making it a haven for cyclists
The Tom Simpson memorial less than a kilometre from the top on the south side removes any remaining doubt that this mountain belongs to us

The upper slopes are devoid of trees or vegetation, leaving a moonscape which is simultaneously desolate and breathtakingly beautiful
Originally forested, Mont Ventoux was systematically stripped of trees from the 12th century onwards to serve the demands of the shipbuilders of the naval port of Toulon. Some areas have been reforested since 1860 with a variety of trees such as Oak and Beech as well as Atlas Cedars and Larch. Higher up, Junipers have reached to within a hundred feet of the summit on the north facing slopes

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Port de Pailhères

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Port de Pailhères

On a good day, this is one of the most beautiful of climbs. On a not so good day, it's even better. Still beautiful, but with a touch of the magical, you don't see everything of the surrounding scenery, just what the clouds will allow. Which could be said for any climb of the Pyrenees.

It's very quiet, which is nice. Very little traffic, and what there is moves slowly and carefully controlled by the cowherds, who think nothing of standing in front of cars while they feed their young, which can take a while.

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Col du Tourmalet

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The Tour de France goes up the Col du Tourmalet almost every year, sometimes twice. It is the most visited of all the mountain passes the Tour visits. This has much to do with its location right in the middle of the Pyrenees. In fact, it's quite difficult not to go up the Tourmalet, as there isn't any way around it 

The Tourmalet is a monster, from the east it's steep, from the west, it's wild and open and long and steep. This is a monster with teeth, and I have been bitten 

If you have been there, put it on your wall to remind yourself, and others, how far you have come. If you haven't been there, put it on your wall to remind yourself, and others, of how far you need to go  

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Port de Pailhères - Clouds

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Port de Pailhères

The Port de Pailhères has all the characteristics a mountain climb should possess. Buried deep in the Pyrenees far from the tourist trail, you'll see more cows than people. A constantly changing landscape with clouding rolling in one minute, and rolling out the next leaving blue skies and sunshine. 

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Col d'Aubisque - Road to Ride

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Col d'Aubisque - Road to ride

For anyone who watches the TV coverage of the Tour de France just for the scenery, you may recognise this picture. For anyone who has ridden this road, you will not forget it. Assuming you can still, at least, vaguely remember your own name after the effort required just to get here. The view of this road and from this road will live long in the memory

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Col d'Aubisque

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Col d'Aubisque

Go online, type in, Col d'Aubisque, and read story after story about the Col d'Aubisque, how beautiful it is, how you must ride it, how you mustn't forget to look at the scenery blah, blah.

Surprisingly, just for once, the location lives up to the hype. The top section of the Col d'Aubisque has been described as the most beautiful 4 kilometres in Europe, if not the world. I don't know about the world, but I do know a beautiful place when I see it. As long as it's not raining, snowing, covered in cloud, or all three, if you only ride one road, this is the road to ride

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Col d'Aspin

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Col d'Aspin

Just after sunrise on the Col d'Aspin and the heat of the sun is starting to evaporate the clouds, that for a while at least cover these Pyrenean mountains. Is this not heaven?

Around halfway up the climb, the road turns around this little hilltop almost back on itself before continuing its uphill trajectory

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Col d'Izoard 2 - Black & White

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Col d'Izoard - Black & White

Forbidding and barren scree slopes with protruding pinnacles of weathered rock on the upper south side await on the Col d'Izoard. Known as the Casse Déserte, this area has formed a dramatic backdrop to some key moments in the Tour de France, and often featured in iconic 1950s black-and-white photos of the race.

Several of the Tour de France's more memorable moments have occurred on the Col d'Izoard, particularly the exploits of Fausto Coppi, Bernard Thévenet and Louison Bobet. A small cycling museum is at the summit, along with a memorial to Coppi and Bobet.

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Sa Calobra

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Sa Calobra - Mallorca 

The Sa Calobra climbs from the sea onto the shoulder of the Puig Major, Mallorca's highest mountain. Situated in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains the Sa Calobra has over 59,000 Strava entries ranging from under 28 minutes to six and a half hours. Just enough time to take in the view.

 Sa Calobra - Strava

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