Col de la Bonette (North side) virtual cycling route
France Col de la Bonette (North side)
Distance: 23.17 km
Elevation Gain: 1574 m
Elevation Loss: 2 m
Difficulty: 1288 (Very Hard)
FIETS Index: 11.68 FIETS
Avg Grade: 6.79 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 1220 m
Max elevation: 2792 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 Mar 16, 2019 01:11:30 285 W 4.91 w/kg 19.46 km/h
🥈 Silvano Turati Nov 09, 2024 01:12:10 250 W 5.10 w/kg 19.27 km/h
🥉 Michiel Vaal Sep 18, 2024 01:13:55 226 W 5.02 w/kg 18.82 km/h
4 Alan Gunner Feb 05, 2019 01:15:26 304 W 4.43 w/kg 18.44 km/h
5 nathan rebeyrolles May 01, 2021 01:16:37 290 W 4.46 w/kg 18.15 km/h
6 Cedric Bernard Jan 26, 2021 01:16:39 303 W 4.39 w/kg 18.15 km/h
7 Hugo Sánchez Perez Oct 09, 2019 01:17:09 309 W 4.41 w/kg 18.03 km/h
8 Tom Smeets Oct 06, 2017 01:18:46 308 W 4.22 w/kg 17.66 km/h
9 Leon Burger Mar 20, 2017 01:20:05 277 W 17.37 km/h
10 sebastien rebeyrolles Jan 08, 2020 01:22:06 302 W 4.08 w/kg 16.94 km/h
11 Knut-Ståle Arntsen Dec 12, 2017 01:22:11 289 W 4.01 w/kg 16.93 km/h
12 Patrick BERNARD Nov 02, 2022 01:22:16 326 W 3.93 w/kg 16.91 km/h
13 Elton Judd Jun 18, 2021 01:24:18 294 W 3.92 w/kg 16.50 km/h
14 Ilja Booij Mar 08, 2019 01:24:58 281 W 3.88 w/kg 16.37 km/h
15 Jacob Stang Nov 04, 2024 01:25:58 270 W 3.86 w/kg 16.18 km/h
16 Tom Thurston-Mathews Nov 19, 2017 01:26:01 259 W 3.87 w/kg 16.17 km/h
17 borja larrañaga elorza Mar 02, 2022 01:26:29 262 W 3.85 w/kg 16.08 km/h
18 Artur Chmielewski Dec 18, 2019 01:26:51 227 W 3.98 w/kg 16.02 km/h
19 Gunnar Tojren Mar 15, 2018 01:28:21 285 W 3.70 w/kg 15.75 km/h
20 Dennis Wannet Dec 28, 2020 01:28:36 248 W 3.70 w/kg 15.70 km/h
21 Chris Nov 27, 2023 01:28:48 273 W 3.65 w/kg 15.66 km/h
22 Robert Oroloko Jun 16, 2021 01:29:03 227 W 3.78 w/kg 15.62 km/h
23 Tigo Star Mar 05, 2019 01:29:20 286 W 3.62 w/kg 15.57 km/h
24 David Descamps Nov 18, 2023 01:30:13 250 W 3.68 w/kg 15.42 km/h
25 David Marcel Oct 24, 2018 01:30:20 272 W 3.68 w/kg 15.40 km/h
26 D Speelman Feb 26, 2021 01:31:54 280 W 3.59 w/kg 15.14 km/h
27 Augustin Sporis Jan 27, 2019 01:32:01 253 W 3.61 w/kg 15.12 km/h
28 john giebels Jan 19, 2021 01:33:03 263 W 3.51 w/kg 14.95 km/h
29 Frederik Vanrietvelde Jul 18, 2024 01:33:04 245 W 3.50 w/kg 14.95 km/h
30 Andrew Mawby Feb 13, 2021 01:33:12 252 W 3.50 w/kg 14.92 km/h
31 Юрий Ермолаев Oct 07, 2024 01:33:41 249 W 3.46 w/kg 14.85 km/h
32 kms-321@hotmail.com Nov 29, 2017 01:34:04 218 W 3.57 w/kg 14.79 km/h
33 Mike Ball May 27, 2020 01:34:34 237 W 3.49 w/kg 14.71 km/h
34 Indalecio Lekerika Sep 13, 2024 01:34:40 193 W 3.64 w/kg 14.69 km/h
35 Martin Budd Dec 30, 2017 01:35:46 243 W 3.39 w/kg 14.53 km/h
36 Alexander Kunkel Apr 04, 2018 01:35:48 267 W 3.42 w/kg 14.52 km/h
37 Emiel Keizer Feb 13, 2022 01:35:54 231 W 3.40 w/kg 14.50 km/h
38 David Milne Jun 07, 2020 01:36:28 253 W 3.37 w/kg 14.42 km/h
39 martin mcgowan Apr 28, 2018 01:36:32 207 W 3.57 w/kg 14.41 km/h
40 Iain Garside Dec 22, 2018 01:37:12 245 W 3.36 w/kg 14.31 km/h
41 Volker Scheid Feb 13, 2019 01:37:19 233 W 3.33 w/kg 14.29 km/h
42 Andrew Weickhardt Sep 16, 2020 01:37:21 260 W 3.33 w/kg 14.29 km/h
43 Thomas Brondel May 24, 2021 01:38:57 198 W 3.41 w/kg 14.06 km/h
44 Hitesh Madan May 27, 2020 01:39:11 238 W 3.31 w/kg 14.02 km/h
45 Raf Van Grieken Mar 14, 2019 01:39:32 244 W 3.25 w/kg 13.98 km/h
46 jerome limosin Feb 16, 2022 01:39:36 228 W 3.21 w/kg 13.97 km/h
47 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Dec 18, 2017 01:39:40 226 W 3.42 w/kg 13.96 km/h
48 Roman Mospan Dec 02, 2023 01:40:11 234 W 3.21 w/kg 13.88 km/h
49 Alex Vouillot Jan 26, 2019 01:41:01 253 W 3.33 w/kg 13.77 km/h
50 Nick Kaldenbach Mar 10, 2021 01:41:17 257 W 3.13 w/kg 13.73 km/h
51 Martin Dyer Apr 03, 2017 01:42:20 245 W 13.59 km/h
52 philippe fadi Jun 07, 2021 01:42:22 208 W 3.20 w/kg 13.59 km/h
53 James MacDonald Jul 03, 2020 01:42:34 212 W 3.26 w/kg 13.56 km/h
54 RENOTREK Nov 29, 2019 01:42:51 247 W 3.05 w/kg 13.52 km/h
55 Jochem Wilms Feb 23, 2022 01:42:57 236 W 3.11 w/kg 13.51 km/h
56 Fabio Zanirato Oct 20, 2024 01:43:00 182 W 3.25 w/kg 13.50 km/h
57 Igor Tatarinov Sep 24, 2020 01:43:43 253 W 3.10 w/kg 13.41 km/h
58 Vlad Naoukin Jan 19, 2017 01:43:53 225 W 2.82 w/kg 13.41 km/h
59 Bernhard Henrich Dec 07, 2018 01:44:07 240 W 3.08 w/kg 13.36 km/h
60 JJosef Kluson Jan 12, 2023 01:44:21 230 W 3.07 w/kg 13.33 km/h
61 john guinn Jul 28, 2019 01:44:37 188 W 3.13 w/kg 13.30 km/h
62 Mikael Jensen Nov 26, 2017 01:44:56 210 W 3.18 w/kg 13.26 km/h
63 sébastien rebeyrolles Dec 31, 2018 01:44:57 228 W 3.08 w/kg 13.25 km/h
64 Timothy Dunnigan Feb 17, 2019 01:44:59 235 W 3.12 w/kg 13.25 km/h
65 Andy Bowie Jul 04, 2021 01:45:04 202 W 3.11 w/kg 13.24 km/h
66 Julian Gascoigne May 03, 2020 01:45:32 227 W 3.03 w/kg 13.18 km/h
67 erik bruin Sep 28, 2019 01:45:37 247 W 3.01 w/kg 13.17 km/h
68 Max Wall Feb 05, 2019 01:46:02 217 W 2.99 w/kg 13.12 km/h
69 Jonathan Peake May 16, 2026 01:46:20 207 W 3.00 w/kg 13.08 km/h
70 Markus Mayer Feb 08, 2023 01:46:37 228 W 3.00 w/kg 13.05 km/h
71 Rainer Klee Oct 30, 2024 01:46:53 247 W 2.91 w/kg 13.01 km/h
72 filip degryse Feb 10, 2019 01:47:32 250 W 2.98 w/kg 12.94 km/h
73 Siwy Siwusek Jan 27, 2021 01:47:50 235 W 2.94 w/kg 12.90 km/h
74 jos gent Mar 13, 2021 01:47:59 177 W 2.64 w/kg 12.88 km/h
75 Uros Valant Dec 21, 2019 01:48:02 208 W 2.97 w/kg 12.88 km/h
76 Aleman (CycleChat) Mar 13, 2019 01:48:17 212 W 3.07 w/kg 12.85 km/h
77 Daan Scheepens Apr 14, 2017 01:48:22 207 W 12.84 km/h
78 Pascal Saillard Apr 04, 2019 01:48:30 221 W 2.91 w/kg 12.82 km/h
79 David Kings Jan 28, 2019 01:49:02 241 W 2.90 w/kg 12.76 km/h
80 Morten Søndergaard Oct 31, 2021 01:49:03 232 W 2.90 w/kg 12.76 km/h
81 Thomas Beich Feb 13, 2021 01:49:45 226 W 2.90 w/kg 12.67 km/h
82 Fabrice Maisonneuve May 01, 2018 01:50:24 206 W 2.94 w/kg 12.60 km/h
83 anita saycell Feb 09, 2021 01:50:51 200 W 2.90 w/kg 12.55 km/h
84 Andrew Knight Mar 03, 2018 01:51:21 221 W 2.83 w/kg 12.49 km/h
85 Art Vandelay Dec 10, 2017 01:51:28 173 W 2.89 w/kg 12.48 km/h
86 Chris Ford Aug 05, 2021 01:51:33 203 W 2.90 w/kg 12.47 km/h
87 Matt Wheat Oct 04, 2020 01:51:40 231 W 2.85 w/kg 12.46 km/h
88 Michael Moohan Sep 23, 2017 01:51:45 253 W 2.81 w/kg 12.45 km/h
89 makarov25 Dec 05, 2020 01:51:49 202 W 2.97 w/kg 12.44 km/h
90 Youri Tromp Oct 24, 2019 01:52:15 236 W 2.78 w/kg 12.39 km/h
91 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Oct 20, 2019 01:52:45 231 W 2.75 w/kg 12.34 km/h
92 Graham Lowe Aug 11, 2019 01:52:47 254 W 2.85 w/kg 12.33 km/h
93 Roel-Jan Mouw Feb 19, 2019 01:52:51 250 W 2.78 w/kg 12.33 km/h
94 Carl Whorton Mar 11, 2019 01:53:21 226 W 2.83 w/kg 12.27 km/h
95 John Gaasbeek Feb 06, 2019 01:53:30 224 W 2.80 w/kg 12.26 km/h
96 Sławek Bikeman Oct 22, 2019 01:53:34 237 W 2.89 w/kg 12.25 km/h
97 Paul Ellis Jan 23, 2019 01:53:42 219 W 2.84 w/kg 12.23 km/h
98 Peter Holpar Jan 22, 2019 01:53:56 186 W 2.95 w/kg 12.21 km/h
99 Iain McDougall Dec 11, 2021 01:54:00 196 W 2.82 w/kg 12.20 km/h
100 Naze Aaq Mar 23, 2021 01:54:20 207 W 2.76 w/kg 12.17 km/h
101 Jan Theron Jul 19, 2024 01:54:30 196 W 2.80 w/kg 12.15 km/h
102 Stuart Crowder Feb 26, 2019 01:55:14 206 W 2.71 w/kg 12.07 km/h
103 Aaron Hardy Jan 30, 2021 01:55:24 204 W 2.76 w/kg 12.05 km/h
104 Beatrice Schueler Oct 22, 2024 01:55:32 134 W 2.91 w/kg 12.04 km/h
105 Nico Knippers Oct 29, 2020 01:55:35 220 W 2.72 w/kg 12.03 km/h
106 Derek Cobb Mar 16, 2019 01:55:42 220 W 2.75 w/kg 12.02 km/h
107 J Lee Wamble Apr 23, 2020 01:55:54 204 W 2.74 w/kg 12.00 km/h
108 Hendrik Thielemann Dec 03, 2024 01:56:54 208 W 2.70 w/kg 11.90 km/h
109 Rene van Leeuwen Jun 02, 2024 01:56:57 222 W 2.67 w/kg 11.89 km/h
110 Marcel Fleischer Feb 23, 2026 01:57:05 236 W 2.71 w/kg 11.88 km/h
111 Cédric Lamathe May 03, 2020 01:58:07 181 W 2.83 w/kg 11.78 km/h
112 Gareth Davies Apr 06, 2020 01:58:38 230 W 2.61 w/kg 11.72 km/h
113 Jean-Pierre Santa-Maria Dec 21, 2023 01:58:43 183 W 2.69 w/kg 11.72 km/h
114 Stef Riemens Nov 12, 2017 01:58:50 195 W 2.64 w/kg 11.71 km/h
115 ROBERTO RINI Apr 06, 2020 01:59:08 200 W 2.67 w/kg 11.68 km/h
116 William Simpson Feb 28, 2020 01:59:20 184 W 2.79 w/kg 11.66 km/h
117 Marvin Faure May 02, 2020 01:59:22 190 W 2.68 w/kg 11.65 km/h
118 Chris Galley Nov 18, 2019 01:59:47 205 W 2.63 w/kg 11.61 km/h
119 Shyam Suyambu Feb 20, 2020 01:59:55 177 W 2.83 w/kg 11.60 km/h
120 AWG Jul 22, 2024 02:00:11 188 W 2.61 w/kg 11.57 km/h
121 Nathalie SALA May 16, 2018 02:00:20 204 W 2.68 w/kg 11.56 km/h
122 stefaan sergooris Dec 14, 2017 02:01:01 188 W 2.61 w/kg 11.50 km/h
123 Louis Veltmeijer Feb 10, 2019 02:02:03 170 W 2.70 w/kg 11.40 km/h
124 Pete Norris Aug 01, 2021 02:02:11 164 W 2.78 w/kg 11.38 km/h
125 K N Mar 15, 2019 02:02:14 156 W 2.74 w/kg 11.38 km/h
126 Goran Meglaj Feb 18, 2019 02:02:32 204 W 2.62 w/kg 11.35 km/h
127 John Jardine Apr 11, 2020 02:03:41 201 W 2.51 w/kg 11.25 km/h
128 René Andersen Mar 10, 2024 02:03:44 174 W 2.56 w/kg 11.24 km/h
129 Bernhard Wolkerstorfer Feb 10, 2019 02:03:55 204 W 2.55 w/kg 11.23 km/h
130 Keith Loveman Jan 15, 2021 02:04:00 188 W 2.54 w/kg 11.22 km/h
131 Silvio Landrock Dec 10, 2023 02:04:07 191 W 2.55 w/kg 11.21 km/h
132 Rémy Jouanne Dec 07, 2024 02:05:51 155 W 2.58 w/kg 11.05 km/h
133 Timo Hiles Nov 27, 2017 02:06:32 180 W 2.54 w/kg 10.99 km/h
134 Robert Hoebeke Jan 24, 2019 02:09:31 180 W 2.47 w/kg 10.74 km/h
135 Thomas Schöfer Jan 26, 2019 02:10:24 184 W 2.45 w/kg 10.67 km/h
136 denny kearns Jul 02, 2025 02:10:44 169 W 2.43 w/kg 10.64 km/h
137 Will X Apr 04, 2020 02:10:46 175 W 2.43 w/kg 10.64 km/h
138 Tom Eklund Feb 19, 2019 02:11:54 165 W 2.46 w/kg 10.55 km/h
139 Gabriel Gugiu Nov 29, 2023 02:12:56 167 W 2.39 w/kg 10.46 km/h
140 Andreas Scheurell Dec 14, 2024 02:13:08 172 W 2.36 w/kg 10.45 km/h
141 giuliano bini Jan 24, 2019 02:13:12 198 W 2.33 w/kg 10.44 km/h
142 Joeri Veldeman Jan 30, 2019 02:13:50 153 W 2.35 w/kg 10.39 km/h
143 Mark Harris Apr 06, 2019 02:14:01 183 W 2.38 w/kg 10.38 km/h
144 Mark Barton Oct 20, 2019 02:18:40 201 W 2.26 w/kg 10.03 km/h
145 Michael Quast-Cojocaru Dec 30, 2022 02:19:07 187 W 2.25 w/kg 10.00 km/h
146 Ralf Metzger Apr 23, 2017 02:20:13 165 W 9.92 km/h
147 J F Jul 28, 2024 02:20:38 192 W 2.18 w/kg 9.89 km/h
148 Dick Koch Dec 08, 2024 02:21:30 145 W 2.24 w/kg 9.83 km/h
149 Brent Kendall Feb 03, 2019 02:22:25 188 W 2.19 w/kg 9.77 km/h
150 jack66 Dec 29, 2021 02:23:00 164 W 2.19 w/kg 9.73 km/h
151 Ralph Schumann Oct 29, 2024 02:25:31 147 W 2.19 w/kg 9.56 km/h
152 Marc Koopmans Oct 24, 2021 02:25:43 180 W 2.12 w/kg 9.55 km/h
153 Richard Webster Apr 04, 2026 02:30:16 148 W 2.08 w/kg 9.26 km/h
154 Jean COUDERT Feb 13, 2021 02:32:49 155 W 2.01 w/kg 9.10 km/h
155 Hans Couvreur Mar 24, 2021 02:33:33 167 W 2.04 w/kg 9.06 km/h
156 Frantxoa A Dec 01, 2022 02:34:33 162 W 2.10 w/kg 9.00 km/h
157 Yann Matthews Oct 20, 2024 02:34:56 152 W 2.03 w/kg 8.98 km/h
158 Markus Geiger Aug 25, 2024 02:35:13 155 W 1.99 w/kg 8.96 km/h
159 Bart Debeuckelaere Dec 13, 2020 02:39:39 163 W 1.92 w/kg 8.71 km/h
160 Martin Söll Jul 09, 2022 02:49:07 137 W 1.83 w/kg 8.22 km/h
161 Dirk Fleischer Mar 01, 2026 02:53:30 176 W 1.76 w/kg 8.02 km/h
162 Mark Thompson May 13, 2021 03:40:16 97 W 1.43 w/kg 6.31 km/h
163 jo chambefort Oct 28, 2018 03:46:31 114 W 1.34 w/kg 6.14 km/h

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