Glenn Doel
Glenn's Ventoux challenge
Fundraising for Challenge Adventure Charities
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This years challenge is a team relay from the Normandie coast to Mount Ventoux in Provence with the finale being 'i hope and if i can make it' the ascent of the infamous mount Ventoux all three ways.
I am doing this challenge to raise money to help charities combat Cancer and hearet conditions and this has recently touched me with my uncle dying recently from Lukemia
The challenge is summarised below
Our 2019 Challenge is a team of 3 to ride in relay over 4 days from Ouistreham (Normandie) to the top of Mont Ventoux, totalling 620 miles!
Teams will meet at Portsmouth on the evening of Tuesday 1st October 2019 to take the 22h45 ferry, arriving in Ouistreham at 07h30 the following morning.
Wednesday 2 October: Ouistrehm - Orleans (190 miles) The Mont Ventoux Challenge will start from the Port, riding mainly on quiet country roads through the Normandy countryside to arrive for our first nights stop just South of Orleans. |
Thursday 3 October: Orleans - Macon (210 miles) With a long day ahead it will need an early start to head South along the Loire valley before heading over the Charolais hills to Macon and the Rhone valley. |
Friday 4 October: Macon - Vaison- la-Romaine (200 miles) Another long day in the saddle as we skirt around Lyon heading due South along the Rhone valley to Vaison-la-Romaine, in the shadow of Mont Ventoux. |
Saturday 5 October: the ascent of Mont Ventoux! All of the team will ride together through Malaucene to the top of Mont Ventoux – just 18 miles but average gradient of 7.15% and max gradient of 10.9%. From there you can head back to the village for r&r or ride the other 2 routes to the summit and join the ‘Club des Cinglés du Mont Ventoux’! Details of all routes can be seen at: |
http://www.veloventoux.com/?c=montVentoux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD-CjcwwU_w http://www.clubcinglesventoux.org/en/rules.html
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