Cycling circuit around the Mont Ventoux

Official route

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Rathay T - Vaucluse Provence Attractivités

VERNEUIL T - Vaucluse Provence Attractivité

Hocquel A - Vaucluse Provence Attractivités

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Hocquel A - Vaucluse Provence Attractivités

Round trip

128 km

Short trip

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Vaison-la-Romaine

Mountains

The Tour du Ventoux à Vélo spurs on cyclists to explore an exceptionally charming corner of Provence, riding around the edges of the iconic summit in whose honour the route is named. Also nicknamed the Mont Chauve (Bald Mountain), the Mont Ventoux can be cycled all the way around in just a few days. You go along winding roads providing a dizzying array of views over the most beautiful landscapes, featuring perched villages, lavender fields, cliffs and renowned vineyards. Each stage provides unique sights, not just stunning views of the Mont Ventoux, but also views of either the impressive spiky rocks of the Dentelles de Montmirail, the spectacular Nesque Gorges or the wild Toulourenc Valley. After circling the Giant of Provence, will you be able to resist the pull of the unforgettable ride to its summit?

Signposting and layout of the Tour du Ventoux à Vélo

The Tour du Ventoux à Vélo cycle route is only signposted anticlockwise (with simple directional arrows).

Balisage Tour du Ventoux à vélo

Climb Mont Ventoux by bike

The view from the summit of the Ventoux may invite you to climb it during this loop: several starting points for climbing it are directly accessible from the route!

from Bédoin: the most mythical route - a classic of the Tour de France - but also the most athletic with steep and relentless sections!
- distance: 21.8 km | positive difference in altitude: 1622 metres | average gradient: 7.15
from Malaucène: a climb from the west, also physical and intense but less frequented than from Bédoin. distance: 21.2 km | positive
- difference in altitude: 1535 metres | average gradient: 7.24
from Sault: the most accessible of the three climbs, with a less strenuous start for the first few kilometres and a final section from Chalet Reynard that intensifies until the summit.
- distance: 25,7 km | positive difference in altitude: 1152 metres | average gradient: 4,5

Gradients and elevation

Ascents: 1979m

Descents: 1976m

Lowest point: 179m

Highest point: 793m

Road types

128km (100%) By road

Surface

128km (100%) Unknown

Trains et transport sur Cycling circuit around the Mont Ventoux

Access by train:

The nearest station to the starting point (Bédoin) is Carpentras station (located 10 km by bike from Bédoin).
Trans'Cove bus network – see link

"Accueil Vélo" accommodation on Cycling circuit around the Mont Ventoux

81 Accueil Vélo accommodations await you on Cycling circuit around the Mont Ventoux!

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This first Tour du Ventoux à Vélo stage offers you a concentrated extract of Provence! After a stretch to warm up, you climb into the Dentelles de Montmirail. Along the way, enjoy remarkable views of this little range, marked by needles of rock delicately chiselled away by erosion. The circuit continues towards the villages of Suzette and Le Barroux via picturesque roads providing incredible views of the great southern slope of the Mont Ventoux. The last part wends its way through vines, orchards and olive groves to Bédoin.

2 Bédoin / Sault

44 km

2 h 56 min

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This second stage leads you out to discover the Nesque Gorges, forming a grandiose, wild canyon pierced with caves. You wend your way along a sinuous road for 20km, tunnels and viewpoints dotted along the route. The highlight of the climbing is the Rocher du Cire, offering stunning panoramas down on the gorges and its cliffs. After that, you race down to Monieux and Sault, surrounded by fields of lavender and petit épeautre (a nutritious cereal).

3 Sault / Vaison-la-Romaine

47 km

3 h 09 min

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This third and final stage leads you through the Toulourenc Valley, hidden between Ventoux and Baronnies mountains. This wild valley offers majestic views of the Mont Ventoux’s north face. Along the way, stop at the enchanting village of Brantes, clinging to its hillside. Then you pass close to the village of Entrechaux, with its medieval château, before returning to Vaison-la-Romaine.

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Cycling circuit around the Mont Ventoux

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