Gravel

Sat 13 may 2023

A mix of roads, paths and trails.

Coming from the United States, the discipline of gravel riding is in full expansion in Europe with practitioners seeking more of an escape and communion with nature while sticking to physically accessible routes.

The Thonon Cycling Race is a round of the Label d’Or Trophy of the French Cycling Federation.

NB : Mountain bikes are allowed. E-bikes are also accepted, in hiking mode, without ranking.

Gravel

Distance

61 km

Elevation gain

+ 900 m

Surface

Gravel

Timing

Full course

Classifications

Overall (scratch) Men / Women
1st MTB Men / Women
+ parasport (depending on participants)

Start

Quai de Ripaille Thonon-les-Bains at 09:00 am

Finish

Quai de Ripaille Thonon-les-Bains

Pit stop

32 km

Schedules

GPS file

Authorized

Gravel, CX, VTT, tandem, e-bikes.

Mandatory

Hard shell helmet with attached chinstrap, first aid kit, liquid refill.

Prohibited

unicycles, CLM, fixed sprocket, stick wheels, lenticular wheels.

Recommended

GPX trace, gloves, cell phone.

The course

The course proposed in 2022 will become slightly flatter to best meet the specificities of the discipline. If it will be necessary to climb to reach the city woods, unavoidable of the Chablais, the participants will then be able to appreciate the varietý of coverings up to Fessy: marshes, vineyard paths, white paths, undergrowth or even fields. An itinerary taken in a part in the opposite direction the previous edition. The participants will then take the direction of the Bas Chablais by the Margencel Woods and then the final on the heights of Thonon