Cycling Climbs

My favorite climbs. Both accomplished climbs and those still on my bucket list. Most of them in areas where the passion for cycling and wine be combined, of course 🙂

FRANCE

• Mont Ventoux (2014³, 2012)
• Alpe d’Huez (2016)
• Col du Galibier (2016)
• Col du Télégraphe (2016)
• Col du Glandon (2016)
• Col de Palaquit (2016)
• Col d’Iraty (2018)
• Col de Bagargui (2018)
• Col de Marie Blanque (2018)
• Col d’Aubisque (2018)
• Col du Tourmalet (2018)
• Col d’Aspin (2018)
• Col de Peyresourde (2018)
• Col de Val Louron-Azet (2018)
• Col de Menté (2018)
• Col de Portet d’Aspet (2018)
• Col de la Crouzette (2018)
• Col de Portel (2018)
• Col d’Aussières (2018)
• Grand Ballon (2015)
• Ballon d’Alsace (2015, 2010)
• Petit Ballon (2013)

ITALY

• Prada (2018)
• Monte Baldo
• Stelvio

SPAIN

• El Teide (2014)

A huge collection of climbs and passes can be found at climbbybike.com. Profiles, difficulty levels, and rankings are available. Descriptions and photos are also provided for most of the climbs. CyclingCols.com is also useful.

DENMARK

• • and the local stuff… Danmarks hårdeste cykelbakker. The English link is available here

Unlike the mountainous landscapes of the rest of Scandinavia, Denmark is land of rolling farmlands and woods. Vejle is one of the few locations in Denmark where you will find hills and downs with almost alpine road grades. Here during the Ice Age, gushing melt water created deep gorges. Vejle is home to around half of Denmark’s twenty steepest hills. The unofficial steepest hill road in Denmark is Chr. Winthersvej in Vejle.

TOUR DE FRANCE – MOST VISITED CLIMBS

CLIMB	CATEGORY	STAGES	ACCOMBLISHED
1. COL DU TOURMALET	HC	61	✔
2. COL DU GALIBIER	HC	39	✔
3. COL D’ASPIN		33	✔
4. ALPE D’HUEZ		31	✔
5. COL DE PEYRESOURDE		30	✔
6. COL D’AUBISQUE		25	✔
7. COL DE LA MADELEINE		24	✘
8. CÔTE DE CHÂTEAUFORT		21	✘
9. COL DE LA COLOMBIÈRE		20	✔
10. COL DE PORTET-D’ASPET		20	✔
11. MONT VENTOUX		17	✔
12. COL DE MENTÉ		16	✔
13. COL DE TÉLÉGRAPHE		15	✔
14. COL DE MARIE-BLANQUE		15	✔
15. CÔTE DE SAINT-RÉMY-LES-CHEVREUSE		15	✘
16. COL DE LA CROIX DE FER		15	✘
17. PUY DE DÔME		15	✘
18. COL DES ARAVIS		15	✔
19. CORMET DE ROSELEND		14	✘
20. BALLON D’ALSACE		14	✔
21. AVORIAZ		14	✘
22. COL DES SAISIES		14	✘
23. COL DES ARES		13	✘
24. COL DE JOUX PLANE		13	CHECK
25. CÔTE DU PAVÉ DES GARDES		12	✘
26. COL D’IZOARD		12	✘
27. COL DU GLANDON		12	✔
28. PLA D’ADET		11	✘
29. SESTRIERE		10	✘
30. CÔTE DE 17 TOURNANTS		10	✘
31. COL DE VAL LOURON-AZET		10	✔
32. COL DU SOULOR		10	✔
33. CÔTE DE CHÂTILLON		9	✘
34. COL DE PORTE		9	✘
35. COL DE LA CROIX DE CHAUBOURET		9	✘
36. COL DE VARS		9	✘
37. LUZ-ARDIDEN		9	✘
38. COL DU PORTILLON		9	✘
39. CÔTE DE LOUCRUP		8	✘
40. CÔTE DE SAINT-FERRÉOL		8	✘

Source: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/route/climbs