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Cycling Route in Castellane, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, France

2012 French Tour -- Ride Day 43 -- 3 October 2012 -- Castellane -- Circle

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85 km
Distance
1363 m
Ascent
1363 m
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Another beautiful ride in this great section of France.  Today we did a similar ride to yesterday's, but instead of turning east from the Barrage de Castillon, we went further north on D955 before turning east on N202.  And my wife's choice of D10 was an inspiration.  This was a well-paved remote road that was in beautiful forest and countryside and had virtually no traffic.  We saw only three moving vehicles in the ten to fifteen kilometers that we were on this road:  a school bus (actually a large van), a small yellow La Poste truck, and one car.  While on it, we passed the Col de Laval at 1100 meters.

When planning the ride, My wife noticed that the map showed only a short distance on D911 and D2211 for the climb to the 1199 meter high Col du Buis.  Although this might mean a steeper than normal climb, she went ahead anyway...and we paid for it on the climb.  If I remember the numbers on the signs correctly, we climbed over 350 meters in less than four kilometers.  And the road was labeled a 10% climb as well.  This is a great road for anyone who likes steep climbs.

With the exception of the portions of this ride on D4085, all were perfect low-traffic roads with nice villages, wonderful scenery and vistas.  Although D4085 is a major road with a high speed limit, it had very limited traffic on it.  I expect that it would be much worse during the summer tourist season.

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This cycling route is ideal for: Road bike

You will cycle on the following surfaces: Paved

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