The Best Road Bike Trails in France

Col de la morte + Col d’Ornons

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Udorfo

Distance

61.94mi

Elevation +

6234f

TrailRank

29

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Beautiful ride. Great views. Down the main road from bourg d’oisans 20 km flat plus descent with good bike lane so safe and up col de la morte. 6.7% average. Nice climb up through the forest. Leaks of 8.7% but overall no...

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Route du Calavon (voie verte)

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yvesvin

Distance

35.73mi

Elevation +

2070f

TrailRank

28

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Best direction is clockwise. After a long and strong ascent between the old railway and Auribeau, there are long and not too steep descents where you can enjoy a long time of the energy you have built up. If you have tim...

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Mont Ventoux (1912m) to Bédoin

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tuxzek

Distance

14.39mi

Elevation +

1946f

TrailRank

28

Mont Ventoux descent. Amazing route used during the Tour De France. Easily one of the best roads to cycle on.

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Cycling - Canal de Gairaut, Nice - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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ant1606

Distance

11.19mi

Elevation +

817f

TrailRank

28

Cycling - The Canal de Gairaut is the final stretch of a man-made waterway built in late 1800 to bring the waters of the Vesubie river into town. About 250 m (820 ft) total elevation climb at reasonable grades. The tri...

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Seynes Roady

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bob__stones

Distance

31.63mi

Elevation +

1729f

TrailRank

28

Harder than it looks especially with a perma-headwind. We did this last year and although it felt pretty terrible all the way round we were about 14mins quicker. The road quality is less than perfect for about 50% which ...

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Tour de France Etappe: Vix - Charzais

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ksmichel

Distance

16.20mi

Elevation +

223f

TrailRank

28

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Nice part of the first etappe of the tour de france 2017. Mostly flat, beautiful landscape and in the end a little climb.

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St Jean Pied de Port - Abbey of Roncesvalles - Roncevaux Pas

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etrex21

Distance

34.50mi

Elevation +

4242f

TrailRank

28

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The pass is located between the towns of Roncesvalles and Luzaide/Valcarlos in Navarra, northern Spain. The closest town in France is Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, at a distance of about 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Spanish border....

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Le Quesnoy - The Sambre River (via Mormal Forest, SW) - Le Quesnoy

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ravenpath

Distance

18.75mi

Elevation +

358f

TrailRank

28

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A comprehensive trail through the SW parts of Mormal Forest. The Sambre River waypoint is a bonus, and a nice little place in itself. Mostly forest paths & small (occasionally picturesque) country roads to the south. Rec...

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TROYES CAMPING TO SEINE ET MELDA

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jansen.

Distance

31.17mi

Elevation +

79f

TrailRank

27| 1.0

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ENJOY CYCLING OR WALKING AND A PICKNIC WITH YOUR FEET IN THE WATER, STARTING FROM THE GREEN TROYES CAMPSITE.YOU CAN MAKE IT A SHORTER TRACK AT WILL .WINDFREE AND FLAT CYCLING .I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS AREA. DO NOT CROSS TH...

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Cycling - Fort du Mont Alban and Chateau 9jul23

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ant1606

Distance

9.82mi

Elevation +

1076f

TrailRank

27

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Cycling - Mostly shaded in the morning, the climb has a max. gradient of 13%. The fort sits on top of Nice's major hill that overlooks Villefranche. Going up the Colline du Chateau is also mostly shaded and can be an es...

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Carpentras - Mont Ventoux via Bédoin

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Koolloos

Distance

23.52mi

Elevation +

6001f

TrailRank

27

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My first large climb had to be a famous one, so after months of training on the mountain program of a fitness bike (there are simply no mountains in The Netherlands) we finally went to the South of France in May 2001. We...

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Frejus 100km

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bob__stones

Distance

65.24mi

Elevation +

2559f

TrailRank

27

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Up and down the coastal road trying to avoid as much traffic as possible to hit our first 100km ride.

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Servoz Roady II

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bob__stones

Distance

26.93mi

Elevation +

1818f

TrailRank

27

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A gentle easy ride from Servoz up to Le Praz and back. The road leading up to Vaudagne is certainly the highlight.

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Piste des forts - north side from Esplanade

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isauraf

Distance

31.29mi

Elevation +

325f

TrailRank

27

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Piste des forts - north side from Esplanade I started next to the tram stop Winston Churchill, from there I went direction “Forêt de la Robertsau” where I stopped to collect some allium plants. Then I continue to la wan...

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Cycling - Mont Alban 26aug21

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ant1606

Distance

13.34mi

Elevation +

794f

TrailRank

27

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Cycling - Short ride up the Fort du Mont-Alban. The Fort was built between 1557 and 1560 AD and lies on the ridge separating Nice from Villefranche. Mostly shaded if taken in the morning.

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Briec

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BullDutch

Distance

51.04mi

Elevation +

2316f

TrailRank

27

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Nice until Garmin decided to take a short cut by sending me on a MTB route, walked that bit. By the way climbing is still not my thing.

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Round-trip Villefranche-Monaco via Eze

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Henrik Bak

Distance

39.84mi

Elevation +

3593f

TrailRank

27

The time spent is not genuine. We had long pauses. Sorry for the cobbles and steps at km 45,5. Those can be by-passed through better planning :-) Also sorry for the running back and forth at arrival to Monaco trying to...

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Camino V -I - Meymac (Monastere du Jassonneix) - Aubazines (Abbaye Saint-Étienne)

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Distance

50.69mi

Elevation +

2559f

TrailRank

26

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Cistercian nuns, bordering the Millevaches: before becoming a Cistercian monastery, the Jassoneix was, from the XII th century, the castle of a large estate stately. The first nuns from the Abbey of La Coudre ( Mayenne)...

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Mosel-Moselotte-Col de Morbieux 50 km

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Tjaart Molenkamp

Distance

31.12mi

Elevation +

1427f

TrailRank

26| 4.0

This tour for the racing bike takes you along the ‘Voie verte des Hautes Vosges’ (http://www.lavoieverte.com/hautes-vosges/trace-voie-verte.html) through the Mosel valley and then the Moselotte valley, and then on a sing...

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Poggio d'Olmo - Chiova d'Asinu

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Udorfo

Distance

42.27mi

Elevation +

3894f

TrailRank

26

Actually started from Rondinara beach, riding down 150 m or so altitude. Top part close to the beach bad asphalt, better once you reach the first village. Nice route up moderately through pine forests and then down to So...

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Font Roady 3

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bob__stones

Distance

28.71mi

Elevation +

420f

TrailRank

26

Starting and finishing from Grez-sur-Loing on a big loop through Fromonville, Genevraye, Nonville, Villemer, Ville saint Jacques, Ecuelles, Episy, Genevraye and Fromoville again. Really nice loop apart from the longish s...

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Camino V -IV- Boulaur (Abbatiale Sainte-Marie de Boulaur) - Tournay (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tournay)

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Distance

48.13mi

Elevation +

3133f

TrailRank

26

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A Madiran, north of the Hautes-Pyrenees, bordering the Atlantic Pyrenees, the Gers and the Landes, a priory, dedicated to Our Lady, was founded in the eleventh century by the quercynoise Marcilhac Abbey, abandoned since ...

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DÍA 5 PIRENAICA 2014: Bagneres - Lourdes

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MARDO

Distance

62.38mi

Elevation +

7470f

TrailRank

26

Peyresourdes http://www.rocobike.com/altimetria.php?ps=3&id=9 Col D'Aspin http://www.altimetrias.net/aspbk/verPuertoF.asp?id=30 Saoucede http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Col-de-la-Saoucede&qryMountainID=...

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Sorbais - Guise - Canal Oise Sambre

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yvesvin

Distance

42.83mi

Elevation +

833f

TrailRank

26

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Beautiful round trip starting in Sorbais. Partly following the "Axe Vert de la Thiérarche" (old railway) and the canal which links the Oise to the Sambre. The towing path along the canal is not really made for cycling, p...

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L'Ourq - La Marne: classic tour to the east of Paris

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rlzzapata

Distance

53.32mi

Elevation +

1362f

TrailRank

26

This circuit can be done in either direction. As I did it, it leaves the city through the Ourcq Canal bike lane and returns by the Marne bike lane, to avoid traffic lights. As the day passes by, both bike lanes start to ...

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