AroundTheVentoux

This route along car-free roads starts and ends in Mirabel aux Baronnies and follows a trajectory around Mont Ventoux. The Ventoux itself is not climbed. Those who cannot resist and still want to go up the Ventoux have 2 options:
- Deviate from the route in Sault and ride via the top of the Ventoux to Malaucène (or to Bédoin!), instead of going via the Gorges de la Nesque
- Deviate from the route in Bédoin and ride via the top of the Ventoux to Malaucène, instead of going via the col de la Madeleine. This option makes the route much more difficult!
Of course, you can also start the route at other locations than in Mirabel, for example in Bédoin, in Malaucène, or in Sault.
Unlike several other routes around the Ventoux, this route follows a slightly more secluded course on the northern side of the Ventoux than the well-known (and beautiful) Gorges du Toulourenc. As a reward, you get the beautiful col de la croix rouge, the col d'Ey, and the col du Peyruergue as a gift :-)
From Mirabel, the cols are climbed in this order:
Col de la Croix Rouge (510 m)
Col d'Ey (718 m)
Col de Peyruergue (820 m)
Col d'Aulan (845 m)
Col de Macuègne (1,068 m)
Col de l'Homme Mort (1,213 m)
Gorges de la Nesque (825 m)
Col de la Madeleine (448 m)
Moreover, the route goes via car-free roads on a consistently undulating course.
From Mirabel-aux-Baronnies, the route passes through the following well-known villages:
Mirabel-aux-Baronnies
Sainte Jalle
Sainte-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze
Montbrun-les-Bains
Sault
Monieux
Villes-sur-Auzon
Flassan
Bédoin
Malaucène
Entrechaux
Puyméras
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