Mont Ventoux from Malaucène virtual cycling route
France Mont Ventoux from Malaucène
Distance: 21.06 km
Elevation Gain: 1563 m
Elevation Loss: 2 m
Difficulty: 1378 (Very Hard)
FIETS Index: 12.66 FIETS
Avg Grade: 7.45 %
Max cat climb: HC
Min elevation: 332 m
Max elevation: 1895 m
Ride Category: Epic Climb

Mont Ventoux has become legendary as the scene of one of the most grueling climbs in the Tour de France bicycle race, which has ascended the mountain fifteen times since 1951. Its fame as a scene of great Tour dramas has made it a magnet for cyclists around the world.The mountain achieved worldwide notoriety when it claimed the life of British cyclist Tom Simpson, who died here on 13 July 1967 from heat exhaustion caused by a combination of factors, including dehydration, amphetamines, and alcohol. He began to wildly weave across the road before he fell down. He was delirious and asked spectators to put him back on the bike, which he rode to within a half mile of the summit before collapsing dead, still clipped into his pedals. There is a memorial to Simpson near the summit, which has become a shrine to fans of cycling, who often leave small tokens of remembrance there. In 1970, Eddy Merckx rode himself to the brink of collapse while winning the stage. He received oxygen, recovered, and won the Tour.

Rank Rider Date Time Power W/kg Speed
🥇 Taras Kolesnichenko Jan 19, 2019 01:02:17 329 W 5.77 w/kg 20.30 km/h
🥈 SmP Jul 01, 2022 01:05:40 305 W 5.26 w/kg 19.26 km/h
🥉 Elton Judd Jun 17, 2022 01:11:59 361 W 4.51 w/kg 17.57 km/h
4 Emiel Keizer Jan 05, 2021 01:14:36 309 W 4.41 w/kg 16.95 km/h
5 Alan Gunner Oct 10, 2018 01:14:50 302 W 4.31 w/kg 16.90 km/h
6 sebastien rebeyrolles Jun 02, 2024 01:16:59 298 W 4.26 w/kg 16.43 km/h
7 Tom Smeets Sep 04, 2018 01:17:22 304 W 4.16 w/kg 16.34 km/h
8 david pierre May 04, 2020 01:18:36 310 W 4.13 w/kg 16.09 km/h
9 satan19990 Mar 12, 2021 01:18:50 294 W 4.20 w/kg 16.04 km/h
10 Patrick BERNARD Jan 29, 2024 01:19:15 320 W 4.00 w/kg 15.96 km/h
11 Ricard Andreu Jun 08, 2020 01:19:43 306 W 3.97 w/kg 15.86 km/h
12 Knut-Ståle Arntsen Jan 19, 2019 01:20:52 305 W 4.07 w/kg 15.64 km/h
13 Tigo Star Sep 04, 2018 01:23:05 299 W 3.83 w/kg 15.22 km/h
14 Michiel Vaal Mar 24, 2022 01:23:24 203 W 4.06 w/kg 15.16 km/h
15 Artur Chmielewski Feb 02, 2020 01:24:54 226 W 3.96 w/kg 14.89 km/h
16 Christophe Stroobants Nov 03, 2024 01:25:11 264 W 3.77 w/kg 14.84 km/h
17 Gunnar Tojren Jan 12, 2019 01:25:27 287 W 3.73 w/kg 14.80 km/h
18 Andrew Metherell Apr 29, 2020 01:25:32 237 W 3.89 w/kg 14.78 km/h
19 David Marcel Oct 26, 2018 01:26:19 280 W 3.78 w/kg 14.65 km/h
20 Des Garrett Oct 17, 2018 01:26:21 340 W 3.57 w/kg 14.64 km/h
21 Hugo Sánchez Perez Nov 04, 2019 01:26:23 258 W 3.69 w/kg 14.64 km/h
22 Andrew Mawby Jan 25, 2021 01:26:29 267 W 3.71 w/kg 14.62 km/h
23 Jakob kjær-andersen Mar 18, 2020 01:26:46 246 W 3.73 w/kg 14.57 km/h
24 Jeff Winkler Sep 11, 2020 01:26:56 241 W 3.44 w/kg 14.55 km/h
25 Remy Lemieux Mar 29, 2021 01:27:24 253 W 3.67 w/kg 14.47 km/h
26 Jaakko Hyytiäinen Oct 26, 2018 01:28:09 258 W 3.58 w/kg 14.34 km/h
27 Augustin Sporis Jan 13, 2019 01:28:23 258 W 3.69 w/kg 14.31 km/h
28 Mike Ball May 25, 2020 01:28:48 247 W 3.63 w/kg 14.24 km/h
29 Tom Thurston-Mathews Oct 06, 2018 01:29:09 242 W 3.61 w/kg 14.18 km/h
30 Niclas Fagerlund Oct 05, 2018 01:29:50 319 W 3.39 w/kg 14.08 km/h
31 daniel marszałek Jan 29, 2022 01:29:50 290 W 3.49 w/kg 14.08 km/h
32 Michiel Dirkx Jun 13, 2022 01:29:51 270 W 3.55 w/kg 14.07 km/h
33 Irma Grape Jan 12, 2019 01:30:08 234 W 3.60 w/kg 14.03 km/h
34 B McM Oct 13, 2018 01:30:12 255 W 3.64 w/kg 14.02 km/h
35 Patatje 924 Sep 02, 2018 01:30:59 311 W 3.38 w/kg 13.90 km/h
36 benoitdubouloz Dec 31, 2018 01:31:23 254 W 3.53 w/kg 13.84 km/h
37 Chris Roebuck Jul 23, 2023 01:31:43 268 W 3.44 w/kg 13.79 km/h
38 Hitesh Madan May 26, 2020 01:31:48 252 W 3.50 w/kg 13.77 km/h
39 Nolésa May 14, 2019 01:32:04 252 W 3.45 w/kg 13.73 km/h
40 Andy Bowie Mar 27, 2021 01:32:57 225 W 3.46 w/kg 13.60 km/h
41 Indalecio Lekerika Jan 16, 2019 01:33:19 202 W 3.54 w/kg 13.55 km/h
42 Alexander Kunkel Oct 28, 2018 01:33:58 260 W 3.33 w/kg 13.46 km/h
43 Loizon Francis Nov 14, 2020 01:34:45 252 W 3.36 w/kg 13.35 km/h
44 Philippe DAVID May 07, 2020 01:34:57 219 W 3.42 w/kg 13.32 km/h
45 john guinn Oct 22, 2018 01:35:28 203 W 3.38 w/kg 13.25 km/h
46 Nathan Budd Jan 13, 2019 01:36:07 225 W 3.36 w/kg 13.16 km/h
47 Miguel Vandenbussche May 22, 2021 01:36:10 246 W 3.28 w/kg 13.15 km/h
48 Joost Gremmen Jan 27, 2019 01:36:19 232 W 3.27 w/kg 13.13 km/h
49 steen nielsen Apr 27, 2020 01:36:38 244 W 3.25 w/kg 13.09 km/h
50 Couvercelle Olivier May 19, 2021 01:37:16 210 W 3.31 w/kg 13.00 km/h
51 Peter Dobson Jul 29, 2020 01:38:18 240 W 3.20 w/kg 12.86 km/h
52 jos gent Feb 14, 2021 01:38:32 189 W 2.82 w/kg 12.83 km/h
53 Martin Budd Aug 21, 2021 01:38:34 229 W 3.20 w/kg 12.83 km/h
54 tomheldoorn Dec 18, 2022 01:38:41 207 W 3.21 w/kg 12.81 km/h
55 Pepijn Pinkse Nov 03, 2019 01:39:49 239 W 3.10 w/kg 12.67 km/h
56 JJosef Kluson Jan 03, 2023 01:40:00 235 W 3.13 w/kg 12.65 km/h
57 erik bruin Jan 26, 2019 01:40:10 250 W 3.13 w/kg 12.62 km/h
58 Jean-Pierre Santa-Maria Apr 28, 2024 01:40:11 245 W 3.06 w/kg 12.62 km/h
59 martin mcgowan Sep 23, 2018 01:40:14 192 W 3.31 w/kg 12.62 km/h
60 lee Marshall Feb 15, 2020 01:40:26 207 W 3.23 w/kg 12.59 km/h
61 Kris Yip Jan 05, 2019 01:40:52 209 W 3.07 w/kg 12.54 km/h
62 Daniel Beale Sep 26, 2018 01:40:58 226 W 3.14 w/kg 12.52 km/h
63 D Speelman Nov 18, 2019 01:40:58 241 W 3.17 w/kg 12.52 km/h
64 Frank Jansen Feb 02, 2020 01:41:16 235 W 3.13 w/kg 12.49 km/h
65 Fabio Zanirato Jan 24, 2026 01:41:29 180 W 3.21 w/kg 12.46 km/h
66 Dmitriy Kapusenko Nov 20, 2018 01:42:00 249 W 3.04 w/kg 12.40 km/h
67 Timothy Dunnigan Jan 15, 2019 01:42:04 239 W 3.17 w/kg 12.73 km/h
68 Rene van Leeuwen Dec 29, 2024 01:42:05 251 W 3.02 w/kg 12.39 km/h
69 Raf Van Grieken Jun 13, 2022 01:42:09 231 W 3.08 w/kg 12.38 km/h
70 Marek Wronecki Feb 25, 2022 01:43:06 206 W 3.07 w/kg 12.26 km/h
71 Naze Aaq Nov 27, 2020 01:43:12 224 W 3.07 w/kg 12.25 km/h
72 jerome limosin Mar 22, 2025 01:43:32 212 W 2.99 w/kg 12.21 km/h
73 Hauke Feb 06, 2021 01:43:57 251 W 2.95 w/kg 12.16 km/h
74 Derek Jordan Sep 05, 2018 01:44:13 203 W 3.02 w/kg 12.13 km/h
75 Martin de Haan Aug 03, 2019 01:44:24 246 W 3.05 w/kg 12.11 km/h
76 Mateusz Birecki Oct 26, 2020 01:44:24 241 W 2.94 w/kg 12.11 km/h
77 filip degryse Jan 21, 2024 01:44:32 244 W 2.90 w/kg 12.10 km/h
78 Markus Mayer Mar 06, 2022 01:44:36 224 W 2.95 w/kg 12.09 km/h
79 jean-jacques WATTEL Feb 20, 2019 01:44:38 229 W 3.05 w/kg 12.09 km/h
80 Youri Tromp Oct 16, 2018 01:44:44 257 W 2.92 w/kg 12.07 km/h
81 Jos Tusveld Jun 22, 2021 01:44:45 234 W 2.96 w/kg 12.07 km/h
82 Eric Maltais Sep 22, 2018 01:44:53 243 W 2.93 w/kg 12.06 km/h
83 James MacDonald Dec 04, 2022 01:44:54 200 W 3.08 w/kg 12.05 km/h
84 Nick Kaldenbach Jul 11, 2021 01:45:03 241 W 2.94 w/kg 12.04 km/h
85 Jens Rasmussen Jan 30, 2019 01:45:05 224 W 2.99 w/kg 12.03 km/h
86 Андрей Некрасов Sep 07, 2019 01:45:49 207 W 2.96 w/kg 11.95 km/h
87 William Simpson Dec 15, 2020 01:45:53 197 W 2.98 w/kg 11.94 km/h
88 Bertrand Falentin Feb 07, 2023 01:46:04 221 W 3.03 w/kg 11.92 km/h
89 Stéphane Sigouin Oct 20, 2018 01:46:13 264 W 3.11 w/kg 11.90 km/h
90 Martijn van Muyden Apr 22, 2020 01:46:16 252 W 2.90 w/kg 11.90 km/h
91 Richard Lord Jan 07, 2021 01:46:17 229 W 2.94 w/kg 11.90 km/h
92 Michael Skovgaard May 31, 2023 01:46:20 206 W 2.96 w/kg 11.89 km/h
93 christian soulard Apr 30, 2020 01:46:23 186 W 3.00 w/kg 11.89 km/h
94 Peter Holpar Jan 16, 2019 01:46:34 195 W 3.10 w/kg 11.87 km/h
95 Forbes Simpson Feb 14, 2021 01:46:50 223 W 2.90 w/kg 11.84 km/h
96 Serhii Tyshchenko Nov 20, 2018 01:47:08 224 W 2.91 w/kg 11.80 km/h
97 David Kings Jan 21, 2019 01:47:55 237 W 2.86 w/kg 11.72 km/h
98 Jesús de Miguel González Nov 11, 2018 01:48:01 234 W 2.93 w/kg 11.71 km/h
99 Hans Meinders Jul 06, 2020 01:48:19 216 W 2.88 w/kg 11.67 km/h
100 Gerald Kamphorst Nov 01, 2018 01:49:38 254 W 2.82 w/kg 11.53 km/h
101 Hubert Foery Jan 22, 2019 01:49:42 193 W 2.88 w/kg 11.53 km/h
102 Graham Lowe Jan 20, 2019 01:50:06 259 W 2.84 w/kg 11.49 km/h
103 Easy Rider1986 Nov 10, 2020 01:50:11 184 W 2.52 w/kg 11.48 km/h
104 Thomas Kjær-Andersen Mar 30, 2023 01:50:18 217 W 2.82 w/kg 11.46 km/h
105 Morten Søndergaard Dec 30, 2021 01:50:42 211 W 2.81 w/kg 11.42 km/h
106 mark falconer Jun 22, 2021 01:50:44 201 W 2.79 w/kg 11.42 km/h
107 Bernhard Henrich May 03, 2020 01:51:20 217 W 2.78 w/kg 11.36 km/h
108 Frederik Vanrietvelde Dec 23, 2018 01:51:26 208 W 2.77 w/kg 11.35 km/h
109 jack66 May 05, 2020 01:52:38 206 W 2.75 w/kg 11.23 km/h
110 Wojciech Sikorski Mar 05, 2023 01:52:49 195 W 2.81 w/kg 11.21 km/h
111 Bart Koekkoek Oct 28, 2018 01:52:50 254 W 2.67 w/kg 11.21 km/h
112 Tony Wilby Jan 14, 2019 01:52:57 211 W 2.81 w/kg 11.20 km/h
113 Shyam Suyambu Feb 13, 2020 01:52:59 186 W 2.97 w/kg 11.19 km/h
114 Stuart Crowder Jan 31, 2019 01:53:37 205 W 2.70 w/kg 11.13 km/h
115 Paul Ellis Sep 24, 2018 01:53:57 214 W 2.78 w/kg 11.10 km/h
116 Nick De Marco Jul 29, 2020 01:54:07 164 W 2.78 w/kg 11.08 km/h
117 Fabrice Maisonneuve Oct 27, 2018 01:54:14 195 W 2.79 w/kg 11.07 km/h
118 Peter Frank Jensen Mar 20, 2019 01:54:18 222 W 2.71 w/kg 11.06 km/h
119 john evans Feb 01, 2020 01:54:41 208 W 2.77 w/kg 11.03 km/h
120 Michiel Vaal Aug 22, 2020 01:54:41 212 W 2.68 w/kg 11.03 km/h
121 Sebastian Meyer zu Selhausen Apr 13, 2019 01:54:49 223 W 2.62 w/kg 11.01 km/h
122 Sławek Bikeman Jul 01, 2019 01:54:58 231 W 2.78 w/kg 11.00 km/h
123 Louis Veltmeijer May 13, 2020 01:55:00 174 W 2.76 w/kg 11.00 km/h
124 Alex Vouillot Nov 17, 2018 01:55:02 206 W 2.75 w/kg 10.99 km/h
125 GoustiFruit ⓋⒺⒼⒶⓃ Feb 08, 2019 01:55:18 181 W 2.78 w/kg 10.97 km/h
126 Mike 8008 Jan 27, 2023 01:55:19 224 W 2.67 w/kg 10.97 km/h
127 Gabriel Gugiu Jun 22, 2022 01:55:23 194 W 2.66 w/kg 10.96 km/h
128 Hendrik Thielemann Jan 23, 2021 01:55:55 207 W 2.65 w/kg 10.91 km/h
129 Ad Kimenai Jan 13, 2019 01:55:58 196 W 2.68 w/kg 10.90 km/h
130 Matt Wheat Jun 30, 2020 01:55:58 216 W 2.67 w/kg 10.90 km/h
131 Jhon Dec 27, 2021 01:56:02 200 W 2.67 w/kg 10.90 km/h
132 Ian James Nov 17, 2020 01:56:38 233 W 2.59 w/kg 10.84 km/h
133 Jürgen Kirberg Apr 12, 2019 01:56:48 212 W 2.65 w/kg 10.83 km/h
134 Damien Dec 19, 2021 01:57:06 186 W 2.66 w/kg 10.80 km/h
135 Sven Andersson Feb 20, 2021 01:57:15 189 W 2.70 w/kg 10.78 km/h
136 Niek Verbaan Oct 27, 2020 01:57:41 241 W 2.56 w/kg 10.74 km/h
137 Florian B. Jan 01, 2019 01:58:52 189 W 2.70 w/kg 10.64 km/h
138 Iain McDougall Jan 02, 2025 01:58:57 178 W 2.63 w/kg 10.63 km/h
139 Mike Pearman Aug 03, 2019 01:58:59 219 W 2.62 w/kg 10.63 km/h
140 thirard michel Jan 24, 2019 01:59:01 177 W 2.68 w/kg 10.62 km/h
141 Bernhard Wolkerstorfer Jan 27, 2019 01:59:52 207 W 2.59 w/kg 10.55 km/h
142 Bart Debeuckelaere Oct 03, 2020 02:00:09 215 W 2.53 w/kg 10.52 km/h
143 Keith Jackson Mar 23, 2020 02:00:47 190 W 2.53 w/kg 10.47 km/h
144 Jeff Vincent Jan 30, 2021 02:01:29 197 W 2.53 w/kg 10.41 km/h
145 fifi plb1 May 05, 2020 02:01:40 155 W 2.58 w/kg 10.39 km/h
146 AMHM V03 Jan 23, 2022 02:02:49 214 W 2.43 w/kg 10.30 km/h
147 John Jardine Sep 29, 2019 02:04:34 189 W 2.52 w/kg 10.15 km/h
148 Hageman Sep 29, 2018 02:05:11 212 W 2.44 w/kg 10.10 km/h
149 Franck Caspar Jul 26, 2020 02:05:35 200 W 2.41 w/kg 10.07 km/h
150 Bernard SCHROETER Jan 08, 2019 02:05:36 171 W 2.44 w/kg 10.07 km/h
151 Gerald ROLLAND Apr 11, 2021 02:05:59 184 W 2.45 w/kg 10.04 km/h
152 Craig Sears-Black Mar 01, 2020 02:06:17 210 W 2.47 w/kg 10.01 km/h
153 glenn van kuijk Jul 13, 2021 02:06:34 170 W 2.46 w/kg 9.99 km/h
154 Brent Kendall Jan 26, 2019 02:08:56 205 W 2.39 w/kg 9.81 km/h
155 Kim Schou Jan 26, 2019 02:09:03 155 W 2.46 w/kg 9.80 km/h
156 Tom Eklund Jan 03, 2019 02:09:06 166 W 2.48 w/kg 9.79 km/h
157 Diego A. Fort Jan 24, 2019 02:10:26 181 W 2.41 w/kg 9.69 km/h
158 J Lee Wamble May 12, 2020 02:10:30 175 W 2.35 w/kg 9.69 km/h
159 Tobias Larsen Sep 14, 2019 02:11:31 192 W 2.31 w/kg 9.61 km/h
160 marjolein meinders Jul 06, 2020 02:12:12 184 W 2.30 w/kg 9.57 km/h
161 Lesquale Mar 13, 2021 02:12:45 202 W 2.32 w/kg 9.53 km/h
162 Marvin Faure Sep 27, 2020 02:12:54 170 W 2.39 w/kg 9.51 km/h
163 Mark Harris Oct 12, 2018 02:16:27 179 W 2.29 w/kg 9.27 km/h
164 Ricardo Pannekoek Sep 26, 2018 02:17:19 166 W 2.31 w/kg 9.21 km/h
165 Renaud Toussaint Apr 01, 2023 02:17:44 167 W 2.23 w/kg 9.18 km/h
166 Hermannus Stegeman Apr 05, 2021 02:18:24 186 W 2.19 w/kg 9.14 km/h
167 Jean-Claude Panisset Aug 29, 2020 02:19:40 173 W 2.08 w/kg 9.05 km/h
168 Frantxoa A Dec 05, 2021 02:20:29 175 W 2.27 w/kg 9.00 km/h
169 Alexjei Rais Apr 16, 2020 02:20:37 168 W 2.24 w/kg 8.99 km/h
170 Olivier L May 03, 2020 02:22:24 171 W 2.16 w/kg 8.88 km/h
171 Iain Jourdan Mar 21, 2019 02:23:02 178 W 2.17 w/kg 8.84 km/h
172 michel delamarre Dec 29, 2020 02:23:13 179 W 2.21 w/kg 8.83 km/h
173 Hans Couvreur Mar 28, 2021 02:27:34 171 W 2.09 w/kg 8.57 km/h
174 Mark Thompson Jan 18, 2019 02:29:22 146 W 2.12 w/kg 8.47 km/h
175 Suesan McLachlan Feb 03, 2019 02:38:54 127 W 2.02 w/kg 7.96 km/h
176 W van Koetsveld Dec 15, 2025 02:45:28 138 W 1.84 w/kg 7.64 km/h
177 Wolfgang Wurster Sep 10, 2022 02:47:39 140 W 1.92 w/kg 7.54 km/h
178 Christian Père Mar 05, 2023 02:48:31 136 W 1.81 w/kg 7.50 km/h
179 Jean Xhaet Feb 09, 2021 02:56:44 124 W 1.77 w/kg 7.15 km/h
180 Alain Antoine Apr 05, 2021 03:03:33 138 W 1.62 w/kg 6.89 km/h
181 James Turner Jul 15, 2019 03:11:19 103 W 1.69 w/kg 6.61 km/h
182 Tim Joyce Nov 29, 2020 03:18:37 122 W 1.53 w/kg 6.37 km/h

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