Col de la Bonette (South side) virtual cycling route
France Col de la Bonette (South side)
Distance: 40.35 km
Elevation Gain: 1985 m
Elevation Loss: 64 m
Difficulty: 1419 (Very Hard)
FIETS Index: 10.15 FIETS
Avg Grade: 4.76 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 870 m
Max elevation: 2791 m
Ride Category: Epic Climb

Col de la Bonette (el 2,715m) is a high mountain pass in the French Alps, near the border with Italy. The road over the col is the seventh highest paved road in the Alps. The two kilometre long loop around the Cime de la Bonette peak (2,860 m) from either side of the pass is the highest paved through route in the Alps. The road around the Cime de la Bonette reaches an altitude of 2,802 m, but this is not a pass, but merely a scenic loop. It is, however, the highest asphalted road in France and is the highest through road in Europe. The pass has featured in the Tour de France five times (1962, 1964, 1993, 2008 and 2024).

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 SmP Jun 14, 2021 01:44:41 286 W 4.93 w/kg 23.14 km/h
🥈 Rene Crespo Apr 29, 2021 01:46:47 377 W 4.49 w/kg 22.68 km/h
🥉 Silvano Turati Dec 24, 2024 01:47:39 244 W 4.98 w/kg 22.50 km/h
4 Guillaume Babin Oct 22, 2019 01:50:03 324 W 4.32 w/kg 22.01 km/h
5 Richard Butler Mar 05, 2018 01:51:18 274 W 4.42 w/kg 21.77 km/h
6 Paolo Anello Mar 18, 2020 01:53:26 281 W 4.26 w/kg 21.35 km/h
7 Louis Coqueret Feb 09, 2018 01:54:19 275 W 4.30 w/kg 21.19 km/h
8 Sytze Veenstra May 31, 2020 01:56:26 288 W 4.06 w/kg 20.80 km/h
9 Tom Smeets Sep 13, 2025 01:56:34 293 W 4.01 w/kg 20.78 km/h
10 Knut-Ståle Arntsen Dec 05, 2017 01:59:25 283 W 3.93 w/kg 20.29 km/h
11 sebastien rebeyrolles Apr 21, 2020 01:59:59 289 W 3.91 w/kg 20.19 km/h
12 Niall Slater Mar 04, 2018 02:01:28 287 W 3.83 w/kg 19.95 km/h
13 Alan Gunner Nov 25, 2018 02:02:05 262 W 3.77 w/kg 19.84 km/h
14 Tom Thurston-Mathews Dec 30, 2017 02:02:22 259 W 3.87 w/kg 19.80 km/h
15 Tristan Kramers May 29, 2021 02:02:58 270 W 3.75 w/kg 19.70 km/h
16 Jeff Winkler Oct 09, 2021 02:04:35 244 W 3.49 w/kg 19.44 km/h
17 Raul Rojas Feb 14, 2021 02:05:10 252 W 3.76 w/kg 19.35 km/h
18 Jussi Heiro Dec 02, 2017 02:06:06 236 W 3.69 w/kg 19.21 km/h
19 satan19990 Dec 05, 2020 02:07:57 251 W 3.69 w/kg 18.93 km/h
20 Ilja Booij Jan 15, 2017 02:09:36 255 W 18.71 km/h
21 Bernhard Kircher Jun 05, 2020 02:10:02 229 W 3.52 w/kg 18.63 km/h
22 borja larrañaga elorza Mar 05, 2022 02:10:05 242 W 3.56 w/kg 18.62 km/h
23 Chris Jul 16, 2023 02:10:19 258 W 3.45 w/kg 18.59 km/h
24 Jacob Stang Feb 11, 2025 02:10:36 245 W 3.50 w/kg 18.55 km/h
25 fred LACADEE Apr 29, 2020 02:13:02 232 W 3.46 w/kg 18.21 km/h
26 David Descamps May 25, 2025 02:13:09 237 W 3.49 w/kg 18.19 km/h
27 john giebels Mar 13, 2021 02:13:11 254 W 3.39 w/kg 18.19 km/h
28 jaume Nov 28, 2020 02:13:17 245 W 3.36 w/kg 18.17 km/h
29 Emiel Keizer Nov 19, 2020 02:13:18 244 W 3.49 w/kg 18.17 km/h
30 Pete Norris Jan 31, 2021 02:13:22 213 W 3.61 w/kg 18.16 km/h
31 john guinn Oct 13, 2019 02:13:44 210 W 3.50 w/kg 18.11 km/h
32 Radek Rogóż Jul 28, 2023 02:15:22 223 W 3.43 w/kg 17.89 km/h
33 Vadim Mataev Mar 30, 2019 02:15:35 219 W 3.37 w/kg 17.87 km/h
34 Peter Holpar Nov 21, 2019 02:15:37 225 W 3.57 w/kg 17.86 km/h
35 Patatje 924 May 14, 2017 02:17:05 270 W 17.67 km/h
36 Gunnar Tojren Nov 03, 2019 02:18:28 249 W 3.23 w/kg 17.49 km/h
37 Iain Garside Feb 08, 2021 02:18:41 235 W 3.26 w/kg 17.47 km/h
38 Martin Budd Aug 18, 2017 02:18:55 229 W 3.20 w/kg 17.44 km/h
39 Douglas Forer Feb 12, 2025 02:19:14 267 W 3.22 w/kg 17.40 km/h
40 jos gent May 16, 2021 02:19:32 188 W 2.81 w/kg 17.36 km/h
41 Sven Vanstrythem Jan 21, 2020 02:19:52 225 W 3.21 w/kg 17.32 km/h
42 Vlad Naoukin Feb 23, 2017 02:20:07 233 W 2.92 w/kg 17.29 km/h
43 M. Neyt Mar 05, 2017 02:20:12 233 W 17.28 km/h
44 Bjorn Bakker Dec 13, 2017 02:21:49 246 W 3.11 w/kg 17.08 km/h
45 JUAN MANUEL BLANCO CASAL Apr 30, 2020 02:21:56 245 W 3.14 w/kg 17.07 km/h
46 James MacDonald Feb 29, 2020 02:22:39 215 W 3.31 w/kg 16.98 km/h
47 Manfred Stienstra Dec 30, 2017 02:22:47 211 W 3.25 w/kg 16.97 km/h
48 Joost Gremmen May 07, 2017 02:23:36 223 W 16.87 km/h
49 asaterme Apr 04, 2020 02:23:59 233 W 3.11 w/kg 16.82 km/h
50 Herbert Gehling Dec 02, 2017 02:24:21 232 W 3.09 w/kg 16.78 km/h
51 Iain McDougall Jul 03, 2020 02:24:27 212 W 3.19 w/kg 16.77 km/h
52 Martin Bull Dec 17, 2017 02:24:44 221 W 3.16 w/kg 16.74 km/h
53 Filippo Gronchi Dec 09, 2017 02:25:24 235 W 3.09 w/kg 16.66 km/h
54 Geir Skaugen Jan 16, 2020 02:26:02 263 W 2.92 w/kg 16.59 km/h
55 Mike Wood Oct 30, 2019 02:26:20 229 W 3.05 w/kg 16.55 km/h
56 Raf Van Grieken Oct 28, 2019 02:27:03 227 W 3.03 w/kg 16.47 km/h
57 Volker Scheid Oct 23, 2019 02:27:25 209 W 2.99 w/kg 16.43 km/h
58 Alex Vouillot Jan 19, 2020 02:27:27 237 W 3.12 w/kg 16.43 km/h
59 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Jan 15, 2022 02:27:45 203 W 3.08 w/kg 16.39 km/h
60 Indalecio Lekerika Mar 07, 2020 02:27:51 179 W 3.14 w/kg 16.38 km/h
61 JJosef Kluson Dec 15, 2022 02:27:52 221 W 2.95 w/kg 16.38 km/h
62 Markus Mayer Mar 24, 2024 02:28:40 223 W 2.93 w/kg 16.29 km/h
63 Fabio Zanirato Jan 19, 2025 02:28:52 175 W 3.13 w/kg 16.27 km/h
64 Bernhard Henrich Nov 11, 2018 02:29:30 231 W 2.96 w/kg 16.21 km/h
65 Sławek Bikeman Dec 07, 2019 02:29:42 242 W 3.03 w/kg 16.18 km/h
66 jerome limosin Feb 20, 2022 02:30:02 202 W 2.85 w/kg 16.14 km/h
67 Sergey Kochergin Apr 25, 2021 02:30:09 208 W 3.01 w/kg 16.13 km/h
68 robbie mores Apr 02, 2018 02:30:28 208 W 3.01 w/kg 16.10 km/h
69 Sergio May 12, 2020 02:30:28 199 W 2.88 w/kg 16.10 km/h
70 Alexjei Rais Jan 13, 2018 02:30:49 202 W 2.97 w/kg 16.06 km/h
71 Aleman (CycleChat) Nov 19, 2017 02:31:00 208 W 3.06 w/kg 16.04 km/h
72 Bernhard Rieger May 25, 2021 02:31:22 193 W 2.97 w/kg 16.00 km/h
73 C Warren Dec 09, 2017 02:32:52 170 W 3.07 w/kg 15.85 km/h
74 erik bruin Apr 29, 2018 02:33:44 229 W 2.79 w/kg 15.76 km/h
75 Werner Unterberger Feb 14, 2025 02:33:46 212 W 2.83 w/kg 15.75 km/h
76 Graham Lowe Dec 22, 2019 02:34:22 232 W 2.92 w/kg 15.69 km/h
77 Rainer Klee Feb 02, 2025 02:34:25 228 W 2.77 w/kg 15.69 km/h
78 Sebastien Lorrette Apr 14, 2020 02:34:49 218 W 2.83 w/kg 15.65 km/h
79 Mark Greedy Apr 06, 2018 02:35:06 221 W 2.76 w/kg 15.62 km/h
80 Ben Vandebroek Apr 05, 2022 02:35:23 199 W 2.84 w/kg 15.59 km/h
81 Artur Chmielewski Nov 01, 2019 02:35:32 173 W 3.04 w/kg 15.57 km/h
82 Mike 8008 Nov 13, 2022 02:35:42 224 W 2.77 w/kg 15.56 km/h
83 Nick De Marco Jun 11, 2020 02:35:49 168 W 2.85 w/kg 15.55 km/h
84 Uros Valant Mar 08, 2020 02:36:02 199 W 2.84 w/kg 15.52 km/h
85 Patrick Le Merour Sep 05, 2020 02:36:23 206 W 2.75 w/kg 15.49 km/h
86 Rene van Leeuwen Jan 26, 2019 02:36:26 210 W 2.80 w/kg 15.49 km/h
87 Goran Meglaj Oct 26, 2019 02:36:54 214 W 2.74 w/kg 15.44 km/h
88 Richard Webster May 31, 2024 02:37:09 196 W 2.76 w/kg 15.41 km/h
89 David Marcel Feb 24, 2024 02:38:32 220 W 2.72 w/kg 15.28 km/h
90 David J Tyler Dec 28, 2017 02:38:48 158 W 2.82 w/kg 15.26 km/h
91 Marvin Faure May 02, 2020 02:39:19 186 W 2.62 w/kg 15.20 km/h
92 Hans Meinders Apr 11, 2021 02:40:27 205 W 2.73 w/kg 15.10 km/h
93 Mikael Jensen Dec 17, 2017 02:40:30 188 W 2.85 w/kg 15.09 km/h
94 Morten Søndergaard Aug 17, 2021 02:40:48 213 W 2.66 w/kg 15.06 km/h
95 Niek Verbaan Sep 28, 2020 02:41:08 245 W 2.61 w/kg 15.03 km/h
96 Fabrice Maisonneuve Feb 25, 2018 02:43:01 190 W 2.71 w/kg 14.86 km/h
97 christian soulard Dec 15, 2020 02:44:22 169 W 2.68 w/kg 14.74 km/h
98 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Feb 09, 2021 02:45:18 217 W 2.47 w/kg 14.65 km/h
99 Keith Loveman Jan 12, 2025 02:46:10 189 W 2.58 w/kg 14.58 km/h
100 Kris Yip Jan 06, 2019 02:46:21 176 W 2.59 w/kg 14.56 km/h
101 Joeri Veldeman Apr 02, 2018 02:47:58 169 W 2.60 w/kg 14.42 km/h
102 Marnix van Voorbergen Nov 20, 2019 02:48:49 192 W 2.40 w/kg 14.35 km/h
103 Jean-Luc Olives Feb 06, 2022 02:48:49 172 W 2.65 w/kg 14.35 km/h
104 Chess Piano Jun 15, 2019 02:49:22 195 W 2.53 w/kg 14.30 km/h
105 Paul Stowell Apr 07, 2018 02:49:32 211 W 2.48 w/kg 14.29 km/h
106 Fabry Conti Dec 08, 2020 02:49:41 179 W 2.59 w/kg 14.28 km/h
107 Chris Roebuck Sep 30, 2018 02:49:48 193 W 2.57 w/kg 14.27 km/h
108 Pawel Jaracz Dec 22, 2024 02:49:52 189 W 2.52 w/kg 14.26 km/h
109 Alexandre fichelle Mar 22, 2020 02:50:07 191 W 2.55 w/kg 14.24 km/h
110 Nico Knippers Feb 06, 2022 02:50:31 172 W 2.57 w/kg 14.21 km/h
111 Ricardo Pannekoek Aug 09, 2017 02:51:05 187 W 2.60 w/kg 14.16 km/h
112 Bill Davis Mar 20, 2020 02:51:07 182 W 2.57 w/kg 14.16 km/h
113 Ale Moly Dec 18, 2018 02:51:23 152 W 2.71 w/kg 14.14 km/h
114 Dick Koch Mar 25, 2018 02:51:44 175 W 2.52 w/kg 14.11 km/h
115 David Kings May 20, 2018 02:52:35 222 W 2.47 w/kg 14.04 km/h
116 Rikard Persson Jan 24, 2020 02:53:08 182 W 2.53 w/kg 13.99 km/h
117 Gaétan V Nov 27, 2017 02:54:13 203 W 2.48 w/kg 13.91 km/h
118 emanuele nicolé Feb 03, 2019 02:56:25 211 W 2.32 w/kg 13.73 km/h
119 joris bruynseels Jan 09, 2018 02:56:26 145 W 2.50 w/kg 13.73 km/h
120 Shyam Suyambu Feb 21, 2020 02:56:29 162 W 2.60 w/kg 13.73 km/h
121 jack66 Apr 24, 2021 03:01:30 174 W 2.32 w/kg 13.35 km/h
122 Thomas Beich Apr 11, 2021 03:01:59 184 W 2.36 w/kg 13.31 km/h
123 Rainer Ertl Apr 05, 2021 03:02:57 172 W 2.29 w/kg 13.24 km/h
124 Robert Hoebeke Jan 27, 2019 03:03:25 171 W 2.34 w/kg 13.21 km/h
125 Hendrik Thielemann Feb 23, 2020 03:04:02 179 W 2.27 w/kg 13.16 km/h
126 Oriol Tomas Apr 04, 2020 03:05:47 181 W 2.23 w/kg 13.04 km/h
127 M K Jan 24, 2021 03:06:11 160 W 2.29 w/kg 13.01 km/h
128 Yann Matthews Dec 03, 2023 03:06:20 172 W 2.29 w/kg 13.00 km/h
129 J Lee Wamble Jan 31, 2022 03:07:21 169 W 2.27 w/kg 12.93 km/h
130 Mark Thompson Nov 30, 2019 03:09:29 164 W 2.31 w/kg 12.78 km/h
131 Franca Turner Aug 25, 2017 03:11:24 141 W 2.35 w/kg 12.66 km/h
132 Ian Rob Apr 18, 2020 03:13:02 202 W 2.13 w/kg 12.55 km/h
133 Mark Harris Jan 18, 2020 03:13:57 172 W 2.19 w/kg 12.49 km/h
134 Scott Brown Nov 01, 2021 03:14:35 192 W 2.13 w/kg 12.45 km/h
135 Thomas Schöfer Oct 26, 2018 03:15:46 164 W 2.19 w/kg 12.38 km/h
136 Bart Debeuckelaere Sep 27, 2020 03:16:00 178 W 2.09 w/kg 12.36 km/h
137 Phil Gastinel Jan 26, 2020 03:18:21 182 W 2.07 w/kg 12.21 km/h
138 Chris Broerse Aug 30, 2020 03:19:07 194 W 2.09 w/kg 12.17 km/h
139 Franck Caspar May 13, 2020 03:19:27 169 W 2.04 w/kg 12.14 km/h
140 Paul Ellis Dec 03, 2019 03:19:54 171 W 2.14 w/kg 12.12 km/h
141 Ralph Schumann Jan 23, 2025 03:20:06 145 W 2.16 w/kg 12.11 km/h
142 Luigi Costabeber May 25, 2025 03:22:21 167 W 2.09 w/kg 11.97 km/h
143 Manuel Gundolf Feb 01, 2018 03:23:21 158 W 2.03 w/kg 11.91 km/h
144 Dorus De Leeuw Jul 06, 2025 03:24:50 173 W 1.97 w/kg 11.83 km/h
145 Preben Larsen Feb 19, 2024 03:27:29 165 W 2.01 w/kg 11.67 km/h
146 Jean-Claude Panisset Apr 27, 2020 03:31:11 154 W 1.86 w/kg 11.47 km/h
147 Fabien Lacour Apr 20, 2020 03:32:34 141 W 1.96 w/kg 11.40 km/h
148 Hans Couvreur Nov 05, 2021 03:46:05 150 W 1.83 w/kg 10.71 km/h
149 Craig Sears-Black May 11, 2026 03:50:45 152 W 1.79 w/kg 10.50 km/h
150 Bernie Oegema Apr 25, 2021 03:51:38 138 W 1.73 w/kg 10.46 km/h
151 Gert Wilms Feb 13, 2020 03:52:31 167 W 1.70 w/kg 10.42 km/h
152 Frantxoa A Dec 02, 2022 03:54:16 141 W 1.83 w/kg 10.34 km/h
153 serge albert Apr 01, 2020 04:00:19 130 W 1.73 w/kg 10.08 km/h
154 Jos Carboex Feb 24, 2020 04:01:17 132 W 1.76 w/kg 10.04 km/h

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