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After gathering more than 8,700 participants in its first edition, the Cycling Challenge will be back in 2022. This national challenge, bringing together the Cyclo’Tour Rotor and the Gravel’Tour Cannondale, offers 10 gran fondo events and 7 gravel events for this new year.
Source: Press Release – Photos: cycling-challenge.fr
The Cyclo’Tour Rotor
With 10 events spread over 8 beautiful gran fondos, the Cyclo’Tour Rotor is a national Challenge, steeped in local flavor and conviviality.
In April 2022, the season will begin in the heart of the Burgundy vineyards with the Cyclo Sud Bourgogne, before heading to the Gorges du Tarn and the Grands Causses for the Lozérienne Cyclo, in early May. At the end of the month, the Challenge will (re)discover the charms of the Jura and its hilly roads during the Cyclosportive La Vache qui Rit before, a month later, taking participants to climb the biggest passes of the Alps during the Trilogie de Maurienne. They will continue in early July towards the Massif Central with the Cyclosportive des Copains Cyfac, between Forez and Puy de Dôme, on volcanic and pastoral lands. In August, gran fondo riders will participate in the Etape Sanfloraine, around the famous Garabit Viaduct, before heading back to the Alps to tackle the Massif des Bauges during the AlpinBike Lac d’Annecy. This new season will conclude, as in 2021, at the foot of Les Baux de Provence, during the Raid des Alpilles, on October 16.
The Gravel’Tour Cannondale
Inaugurated in 2021, the Gravel’Tour Cannondale is the first Gravel Challenge in France. For this new season, two new events join the adventure: La Lozérienne Gravel and the Raid des Alpilles. The first 3 events of the Challenge will take place in April. The season will thus begin in the Aveyron region during the Roc Laissagais, before heading to the vineyards and castles of Burgundy for the Gravel Sud Bourgogne, and finishing in the Gorges du Tarn with the Lozérienne Gravel. A month later, the 4th event will take place in the Jura, starting from Lons-le-Launier towards the impressive Cirque de Baume-les-Messieurs, during the Cyclosportive La Vache qui Rit. In June, participants will go to the heart of the Montagne Noire to observe the famous Pic de Nore, during the Gravel Nore. After a short summer break, we will find them at the end of August during the AlpinBike Lac d’Annecy, in a mountainous setting, between the Sources du Lac d’Annecy and the Massif des Bauges. To close this second edition, cyclists will be expected in mid-October at the Raid des Alpilles, to inaugurate this brand new gravel event in the heart of Les Baux de Provence.
Registration opens
Registration for the 2022 Cycling Challenge season will open on December 15 at 5 p.m. A preferential rate will apply to early registrants.
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