Lyon · Col de la Croix du Ban + Col du Mont Thou
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Rides are joined where they pass nearest you.
Your whole outing, with time for stops. All rides start and finish at Place Bellecour.
Rides for you
Along the way
- fontaine lumineuse de la montée du Chemin-Neuf (ruins), Musée de l'Illusion (museum), Musée Cinéma & Miniature (museum) · sight, viewpoint, church, café, bakery, market, drinking water, toilets, bike shop
- Short climb: 104 m over 1.9 km, 5.4% average
- Château de la Ferrière (castle)
- Climb: 209 m over 7.8 km, 2.7% average, top 440 m, steepest 500 m 6.9%
- Entre'Vue (museum), La boulangrie de Thierry (bakery), Le Chalet (bakery) · drinking water, toiletsGood place to stop
- Château de Lacroix-Laval (castle)
- Climb to Col de la Croix du Ban: 188 m over 3.0 km, 6.2% average, top 599 m, steepest 500 m 9.5%
- Musée de sciences biologiques Docteur Mérieux (museum)
- Short climb: 100 m over 2.2 km, 4.6% average
- Climb to Col du Mont Thou: 163 m over 3.1 km, 5.3% average, top 512 m, steepest 500 m 9.9%
- Château de Saint-Cyr (castle), Tour du château de Saint-Cyr (castle), Joseph (bakery) · viewpoint, drinking water
- Château de Cuire (castle), Musée Jean Couty (museum), Jocteur (bakery) · viewpoint, market, drinking water, toilets, bike shop
- Fort de Vaise (castle), Fort Saint-Jean (castle), K-FE BAR L'Abshynte (café) · drinking water, toilets, bike shop
- Palais archiépiscopal (castle), Église Saint-Étienne (ruins), Église Sainte-Croix de Lyon (ruins) · museum, sight, café, bakery, ice cream, drinking water, toilets, bike shop
Drinking water is mapped at 16 points; the longest stretch without is 11.4 km (km 38.0–49.4). 2 of them may be off out of season.
Places are from OpenStreetMap within 60 m of the route (300 m for a landmark such as a château or museum), and climbs from the modelled profile. Nothing here is checked on the ground and opening hours are not known. A good place to stop has food and water or toilets together, nearest the middle of the ride.
Ride from Lyon
58.9 km · 1019 m climbing · 1019 m descending.
Busier roads (model stress 3–4): 27% of the distance. Steepest modelled 500 m: 10.0%. Unknown surface: 16%.
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