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Join the fellowship of the ‘crazed’
The ‘crazed’ of Ventoux is a fellowship of brave men and women who took one look at the mountain topping out at 1,909m and thought, ‘well it’s probably not enough to climb that just the once!’…
Prospective ‘Cinglés’ now have the opportunity to enter this fraternity of sadists by taking on all 3 sides of the ‘Giant of Provence’ in an epic virtual challenge hosted by The Online Events Company and rendered via the immersive virtual cycling platform, Training Peaks Virtual.
The route encompasses the three mythical climbs of Ventoux:
1. The Sault Route
The ‘easier’ ascent from Sault, which averages a ‘manageable’ 4.7% gradient, but is actually the longest route at 25km.
2. Malaucène
Shorter at 21km, but with an average gradient of 7.5% it is considerably more challenging.
3. Bédoin
Finally, the toughest route of them all! With similar averages as the Malaucène route, you would be forgiven for thinking it’s a similar deal. However, the Bédoin route fools you with an easy first 6km of around 3-5%, before it ramps up to above 10% and rarely drops below 6% for the final 19km!
In total the course is 103km long with over 4000m of cumulative leg busting ascent.
With numbers such as these, Les Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux Virtuel offers an equally ‘crazy’ challenge as if you were doing it for real, but riding it virtually not only saves you a heap on travel costs but it also spares you the trauma of trying to evade rampaging tour buses as you descend!
Whilst completing the challenge will be anything but simple, joining the event is incredibly straightforward: