Mont Ventoux — Bédoin
Vaucluse, Provence · Bédoin → Mont Ventoux summit
The Giant of Provence by its hardest side: forest, then a bare white summit you can see all the way up.
- Distance
- 21.3 km
- Climbing
- +1,597 m
- Est. time
- 2 h 20 min
- Avg gradient
- 7.5 %
Free to ride with a free account. It rides in your browser with any smart trainer or power meter, and your result goes on the leaderboard below.
Ride it in stages
Few riders hold 21 km on a trainer. Ride it a stage at a time: the cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat — and this page remembers what you have ridden and what comes next.
3 stages of about 7.1 km — none over 50 minutes at 165 W.
- Stage 1 (next)km 0–8.3Next8.3 km+477 m~41 minMountain
- Stage 2km 8.3–14.86.5 km+610 m~48 minMountain · Cat HC
- Stage 3km 14.8–21.36.5 km+510 m~41 minMountain · summit finish
Times are at a steady 165 W — no stage takes more than 50 minutes. Cross a stage's finish line and it is ticked — feeling good? Keep pedalling and the ride carries on into the next stage. Progress is kept in this browser, and in your account when you are signed in.
Elevation profile
310–1,906 m · 1 categorised climb · Very hard · RoadAbout Mont Ventoux — Bédoin
From Bédoin the road rolls gently through vineyards and orchards for the first few kilometres — and then, at the bend of Saint-Estève, it turns into the forest and does not let go. The middle of this climb is a long, airless ramp through the trees with almost no hairpins to break it, which is what makes the Bédoin side the one people talk about.
At Chalet Reynard the trees stop. What is left is the landscape that made the mountain famous: bare limestone scree, the weather tower at the top in plain sight, and the wind. The memorial to Tom Simpson stands beside the road a little before the summit.
Why ride this route indoors?
- The forest section is a sustained effort with nowhere to hide — exactly the kind of interval that is hard to find on local roads.
- Outdoors the Mistral can close the summit or double the effort; indoors the mountain is the same every day, so you can measure yourself against it.
- It is long enough to practise eating and drinking on a climb, which most riders only discover they need on the day.
Good to know
+Is this the official route of Mont Ventoux — Bédoin?
No. It was recreated by Cycloscape from open map data (OpenStreetMap) following public descriptions of the route, for indoor training. It may differ from the official route or from current road conditions.
+What do I need to ride Mont Ventoux — Bédoin indoors?
A smart trainer or a power meter, and a browser. Cycloscape connects over Bluetooth or ANT+ from the browser, sets the resistance of a smart trainer to the real gradient, and turns the route’s GPX into a 3D world. There is nothing to install.
+Can I ride Mont Ventoux — Bédoin in stages?
Yes. Few riders want more than 50 minutes on a trainer in one go, so Cycloscape offers its 21 km in 3 stages of about 7 km, none longer than 50 minutes at 165 W. The cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat. Start from any stage and, if your legs are good at its finish line, keep pedalling: the ride carries on into the next stage and every stage you finish is ticked. The page remembers which stages you have ridden and which one is next.
+Is it free?
Yes. Riding it needs a free account — sign up in seconds with Google or a code by email, no card. Your result is saved and goes on the route’s leaderboard.
Leaderboard
Best effort per rider — a free account puts your ride on it.