Parcours Expert : Virée au col des Annes

You will be accompanied by qualified cycling instructors. Assistance and a follow car will be part of the programme.
Meeting at 8.00 a.m. for an 8.30 a.m. start.
* Route details :
Departure from La Giettaz - Col des Aravis - Col de La Croix Fry - Thônes - St Jean de Sixt via the Villards sur Thônes road - Grand Bornand - Col des Annes - Grand Bornand - Col des Aravis - La Giettaz; 82km, 2440 m+.

* Difficult sections :
The first little difficulty of the week to get you started is the Col des Aravis from the village of La Giettaz, which covers 6km and has a relatively steady gradient that can still reach 8% in places.
The second difficulty, the ascent of the Col de la Croix Fry on the La Clusaz side, has no high-percentage sections but a final stretch of more than 3.5km at 7-8% (with a small, life-saving plateau at the end of a long hairpin bend).
The last climb will be the small but tough Col des Annes.
From the hamlet of Les Plans, there will be 6.8 km with a terrible average gradient of 9.5%! There's hardly a metre of flat (a tiny 370 m at the hamlet of La Duche), a 1.1 km section at 12%, the last kilometre and a half at almost 11.5%, and the last 500 metres at 12.5%!
The return via the other side of the Aravis mountains will be a mere formality.

The organisers reserve the right to modify the route according to weather conditions and other unforeseen circumstances.