PCB's La Valence Vercors

La Valence Vercors was supposed to happen on 22/05, but was sadly cancelled.

Nothing is lost though, let's have our own version instead!

The route - which is a combination of La Pionnière and La Resistante - including the most spectacular segments, notably the Montée au Col de la Machine / Cirque de Combe Laval / Col de la Machine - and starting/finishing at the Gare de Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud:

• Strava
• Komoot (with some segment descriptions and photos)

Climbs:

• Col Jérôme Cavalli - 9.9 km at 4.9%
• Col des Limouches - 8.9 km at 3.8%
• Col de la Machine - 12.1 km at 6.3%
• Col de la Portette
• Col de la Bataille - 12.8 km at 3%
• Col de Tourniol - 3.5 km at 6.7%

Train:
- outbound - 06:09 from Gare de Lyon, arriving at Valence TGV Station at 08:24
- return - 19:36 from Valence TGV Station, arriving back at Gare de Lyon at 21:47

You can even get the official jersey here!

Join our Summer Extravaganza WhatsApp group for organisation.