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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @gcn
    @gcn  Год назад +7

    Have you ever climbed the Tourmalet? How did it go? 🗻

    • @Jari1973
      @Jari1973 Год назад +3

      No.. but the story had a super sexy host 🥰

    • @chrisnumnuts8671
      @chrisnumnuts8671 Год назад +1

      no but ridden up jenkin hill sheffield in my teens and 20s a couple of times painful ride

    • @gearknobz
      @gearknobz Год назад +2

      Only on Zwift climb portal 😂

    • @johnstrac
      @johnstrac Год назад

      West side twice and the East once, only one time (West) in the dry. It makes descending interesting !

    • @jonathan.robbins
      @jonathan.robbins Год назад

      Yes from the west, and it was very tough. I had done the Aubisque earlier in the day but the Tourmalet was far harder.

  • @peterturnbull9133
    @peterturnbull9133 Год назад +48

    Hi Manon, I am lucky enough to live close to the Tourmalet, with a great view of the Pic du Midi. Your commentary of the eastern climb is accurate, however viewers should be aware that the accompanying video mostly shows the western climb. After a couple of amazing weeks of sunny, hot weather, autumn is here this week. The Col is still open but preparations for the ski season are in full swing on the mountain, and this includes heavy construction machinery on the road, with traffic control ...so riders take care.

    • @eliov6114
      @eliov6114 Год назад +1

      I confirm that some views are showing the west side and not the east side as it was told.

    • @trilogypyrenees6420
      @trilogypyrenees6420 Год назад +1

      Hi péter, where do you live? We are based in pau and love Tourmalet

    • @Niala8419
      @Niala8419 Год назад +1

      ​@@trilogypyrenees6420Love Pau and Tourmalet. You lucky sods 😂!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +1

      Must be amazing to live near the climb! How often do you get to tackle the climb?🏔 Great point about winter season! It's a summer climb for sure 👀

  • @HijmenSchilperoort-ss2oz
    @HijmenSchilperoort-ss2oz Год назад +11

    Did the west side in1978 after I had cycled from Holland to the Pyrenees in two weeks. My lightest gear was 42-23, that meant most of the time I had to climb standing for about 2 hours. On the top I was completely drenched in sweat, but I had managed to pass 2 local French cyclists. Just 27 and in good shape. Although now at 72 still in very good shape mountains are now too hard for me.

  • @trilogypyrenees6420
    @trilogypyrenees6420 Год назад +3

    Hi Manon, we live in pau. My wife is canadian and Im irish. We have our own fitness studio in Pau offering yoga, Pilates, spinning and strength training. I have been riding Tourmalet since a young lad.i was chuffed to meet you this year in Pau for the Finale of le tour de femmes avec Zwift. A climb every passionate cyclist should experience. Vive le tour.

  • @texasflood1295
    @texasflood1295 Год назад +12

    This was outstanding work. Please do more of these videos as it is doubtful that I will ever get to do this climb.

  • @stoic.little
    @stoic.little Год назад +24

    Shouldn't the East side be only 5.8% average based on the elevation gain over distance?

  • @tomrobb9974
    @tomrobb9974 Год назад +7

    what a fabulous video, thank you Manon !

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Thanks Tom! What other climbs would you like to see Manon cover? 🏔

  • @boudoir00
    @boudoir00 Год назад +1

    I did it this summer when I crossed the Pyrenees from the east to the west in 8 days. The Tourmalet was on day 5 and it took me 1:50 to get up there. I did have a 5-10 min break just before the tunnel that leads into the ski village. It was a fantastic day, just three days before the TdF Femmes and it was 27 degrees and sunshine all the way!! Beware of the free roaming cows though..

  • @iacobogallus2110
    @iacobogallus2110 Год назад +1

    Tourmalet is in the center of magnificent cols. I did it few weeks ago, weather bit cold in morning but then 30 in the valley, but i continued to Ardiden after. But the view was crystall clear....in summer is difficult to have this sight. It could be easily coupled with Hautacam also. If you are hardcore rider just take TdF or vuelta etape. I usually do circular rides. I started in Argeles-gazost went over to Bagneres de Bigorre to Campan, Tourmalet, luz st saveur, Ardiden and back to Argeles epic 130 km with 3 km of climbing!

    • @berenicebaker7191
      @berenicebaker7191 Год назад

      Manon is not very clear. She didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know about the Tourmalet.

  • @yute-hube779
    @yute-hube779 Год назад +3

    I'm working my way up to attempting Alpe d'Huez on my smart trainer, but I look at the distance and average grade and think... maybe in a year or two, if I train constantly from now to then! I can only average around 160 W up these inclines at the moment and I don't know how far I can keep that up, certainly not the distance of Alpe d'Huez. One day.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +1

      You should give it a try, just keep spinning and you'll find you cruise up the climbs 🙌

  • @jonathanzappala
    @jonathanzappala Год назад +4

    The east side average gradient would be 5.9% according to your stats, not an identical 7.4%.

  • @lufo5
    @lufo5 Год назад +1

    Did this summer. And if you are on a gravel bike you can continue the uphill nearly to pic du Midi de Bigorre. You can also climb the col d' Aspin and the horquette d'Ancizan. A truly epic place for cycling.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Awesome! Another point for gravel bikes 🙌It's amazing where they can take you, how was the road climb on the fat tyres?

    • @lufo5
      @lufo5 Год назад

      @@gcn modern gravel tyres are not so slow, even a tarmac climb is enjoyable

  • @davidhaddow2929
    @davidhaddow2929 Год назад +3

    If you're doing the West side, the Voie Laurent Fignon, to the right after Bareges is worth doing - it's tarmac, traffic free and feels quite wild. You rejoin the road just above Super Bareges.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Great tip! We would love to go check that out 👀

  • @grahamaustin9085
    @grahamaustin9085 Год назад +7

    I managed 1'40" at age 67. Pleased about that👍

  • @mylovelook3406
    @mylovelook3406 Год назад +2

    What a great series! Col Du Galibier is a must, pretty please🙏

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +2

      Watch this space 👀

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Climb Mountains With Us ⛰️

  • @cb6866
    @cb6866 Год назад

    Thanks Manon and crew.......someday !

  • @donaldyoung8866
    @donaldyoung8866 Год назад

    You get the BEST Croque Monsieur and frites on the planet at the top, coffee is pretty damn good too!

  • @evictorr
    @evictorr Год назад

    Re: 1:04 - the Port d'Envalira (at 2408m) is the highest mountain pass in the Pyrenees, actually, not the Tourmalet. Then there's the Col de Portet at 2215m (although it's only paved on 1 side of the col).
    I have fond memories of the Tourmalet (although most of the climbs I did were on moderately hot July or September days). I've ridden up the west side 5 times and the east side once. I absolutely love this col! :)

  • @Steve-cc8zg
    @Steve-cc8zg Год назад +1

    I did not know that Sepp has this KOM too, along with the "official" Alpe d'Huez. That's bonkers.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +1

      He's a climbing beast! 🙌

  • @pheonixdragon2261
    @pheonixdragon2261 Год назад

    There's a ride in New Hampshire in the U.S. that some consider the "Hardest hillclimb in the U.S. if not the World". The "Climb to the Sky" is a 7.6 mile/12.23 km route up Mt. Washington that has an average gradient of 12% with areas of 18% and a finishing 50 to 100 yards/45.72 to 91.44 meters at a 22% climb. the elevation gain is around 4,678 feet/1,425.85 meters. The average temperature at the summit is between 33 and 40 F/0.5 and 4.4 C.
    The information that I have found shows Philip Gaimon with the men's record at 0:50:38 set in 2022 and Jeannie Longo for the women with a time of 0:58:14 (2000). The 2023 race was canceled due to weather.
    I have never had the chance to ride this climb as I've never had a bike I trusted enough or a ride back down the mountain, bicycling back down Mt. Washington is forbidden.

  • @besnardphilippe7350
    @besnardphilippe7350 Год назад

    Loved it,thanks Manon and GCN,btw I think that le col du Portet is at 2215 m,which makes higher than the Tourmalet,it’s a fun climb too

  • @rgefryer
    @rgefryer Год назад +1

    Me and a friend climbed the east side. Then he decided it would be fun to descend the west and climb back up before rolling back to the car. Really stupid idea, by the time we got back up the sunny day had turned to fog and drizzle, and we were both shattered. Definitely type 2 fun!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +1

      Wow! Sounds like a Huge day in the saddle!🤯

  • @belly450
    @belly450 Год назад

    I have done west side of the climb and it was perfect weather. freezing at the top for a bit though. my mates went down the east side and turned round and came back up.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Sounds like a great day! You didn't fancy the double climb? 🏔

  • @petermckie7644
    @petermckie7644 Год назад

    There is a nice clockwise loop out from argeles gazost of 100km which takes in tourmalet. Done it several times.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Oooo interesting! That might be one we've got to try out! 🗺

  • @cmdrx5099
    @cmdrx5099 Год назад

    Wonderful

  • @gilleshug2736
    @gilleshug2736 Год назад +1

    I was at the TDFF this year but it was soooo foggy we saw nothing... I really need to go back there

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      2024 here we come! 🇫🇷

  • @DrewKime
    @DrewKime Год назад +2

    How is the east side 2.6 k longer with over 100 m less elevation, but it's the same average gradient? I know you're rounding to one decimal, but that seems like it should make a difference. (Too lazy to do the math myself.)

  • @did4h2k
    @did4h2k Год назад +3

    are you sure a longer, smaller climb has the same % as a ahorter, bigger one?

  • @EduardoSalas
    @EduardoSalas Год назад +1

    There's a reason Bob Roll refers to the Tourmalet as the "Tore Mah Legs" off, . . .

  • @RuiPedroRocha
    @RuiPedroRocha Год назад +1

    Question: In a video about Tourmalet you show in a "stock footage" (0:55) a gradient of 15% but then, at 1:22, you state that there are two ways up and none of them has a maximum gradient of 15%

  • @GkGSparks
    @GkGSparks Год назад

    Thank you, Manon.
    Can you do the Galibier next, please?

  • @PoulHansenDK
    @PoulHansenDK Год назад +1

    I have made a homage bike for Octave Lapiz's 1910 TdF victory and should use it for the Tourmalet BUT in Lapiz'z spirit it's a single speed, so probalby not....

  • @mommamooney
    @mommamooney Год назад

    I was just happy with my 100 meter gain on Zwift this morning 😂

  • @Sivah_Akash
    @Sivah_Akash Год назад +1

    1:45, how is the average gradient the same when the distance is less and elevation is more on the West Side?

  • @joanro19987
    @joanro19987 Год назад

    You should come to Colombia and ride "alto de letras" 80 km up mountain

  • @Josephd3290
    @Josephd3290 Год назад

    Would love to see a GCN and durian rider collaborate

  • @PINARELLOPRINCE1
    @PINARELLOPRINCE1 Год назад

    You say you prefer the east side, but most of the images are from the west side..
    the village that is shown is Baréges, not la Mongie. The tunnels are on the East side, but most of the images are on the West side (the most spectacular, no doubt) and the final kilometers are on the west side (3:10), definitely...

  • @dorseykindler9544
    @dorseykindler9544 Год назад

    Europe is a little ambitious for me. But I have my sights on Onion Valley Rd. here in California.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +1

      Go smash it! 🙌

  • @edgerat
    @edgerat Год назад

    I see Manon I click, simple as

  • @domekcco6985
    @domekcco6985 Год назад +3

    Did you climbed it on e-bike?

    • @roadcyclist1
      @roadcyclist1 Год назад +1

      I'm assuming Manon did. I don't think she is capable of climbing it anymore.

  • @rominoug3012
    @rominoug3012 Год назад

    You have the wrong distance for the est side it's 17km. Done this summer and the west last year and i prefer the west. I did it on a saturday and it was full of cars for both ways so you can't enjoy the descent either. The road is not that great for a climb as popular and i haven't particarly like the view along the ascent (the tunnel and La Mongie aren't pretty). At Luz Saint Sauveur you have Luz Ardiden not as difficult and long as the Tourmalet but i love it, great road, almost no cars and a good view.

    • @boudoir00
      @boudoir00 Год назад

      yes, I fully agree - I did the Luz Ardiden this summer after the Tourmalet and have to say, it is one of my absolute favourite climbs! I did it on a Thursday in July, so not too many cars.

  • @thomashochrein9966
    @thomashochrein9966 Год назад

  • @MTBScotland
    @MTBScotland Год назад +2

    I can barely climb out of bed let alone a big mountain

  • @adossantos69751
    @adossantos69751 Год назад +1

    I actually like climbing but I have never ridden over a alpine climb, maybe I will change my mind when the that day arrives. Uk clims are quite hard, usually short and steep.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Give it a go! We've got some pretty brutal climbs here in the UK too 👀 Ollie and Alex tackled this really tough hill climb race 👉ruclips.net/video/bqEmwJSnoUA/видео.html

  • @andrewoversdowsett
    @andrewoversdowsett Год назад +1

    Looks steep!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Feels steep! 🥵

  • @Epiqe
    @Epiqe Год назад +2

    Cool video ❤ 👌 am I the only one who hate climbs? 😂😂😂 I ride for fun and hobby not for destroying myself 😂😂😂

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      You're not the only one... even those that are good climbers love to hate them 😂 - Cycling is all about enjoying yourself, keep having fun on your bike!

    • @roadcyclist1
      @roadcyclist1 Год назад

      Climbs ARE fun. Flat is boring...

  • @dalis994
    @dalis994 Год назад

    The west and east side data just don't tally. How can the average gradient be the same when the west side is shorter and has more elevation?

  • @gamecat1923
    @gamecat1923 Год назад

    No mention of the West side at all, what?

  • @Doktor_Al
    @Doktor_Al Год назад

    How about showcasing cat 4 climbs. Not all of us can ride up the Tourmalet, yet, but would love to start practicing.

    • @roadcyclist1
      @roadcyclist1 Год назад

      Sure you can. Just stop as much as necessary.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад

      Go Climb Mountains 💪

  • @mooxima
    @mooxima Год назад

    At 110 kg these climbs terrify me

  • @Andy_ATB
    @Andy_ATB Год назад

    The descents have got to be more fun.........climbing is just a chore.

  • @razorree
    @razorree Год назад

    c'mon, you can stop on a descent, not during the climb ....

  • @ELMARIACHI13
    @ELMARIACHI13 Год назад +1

    Cool video,Manon.Thanks for showing us the Tourmalet.Would`ve been awesome seeing Hank do the Tourmalet climb,punishing himself as usual.😀👍🚵🚵‍♂🚵‍♀

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Год назад +1

      Thanks!🙌 How well do you think Hank would do?

    • @ELMARIACHI13
      @ELMARIACHI13 Год назад +1

      I think Hank would do well on the Tourmalet,providing he wasn`t riding that 6000 pounds monster bike.😁

    • @hussein.khazbak
      @hussein.khazbak Год назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂