Descent of Mont Ventoux (Bedoin)

[Cumbriancyclist]

Thanks. It is an inspirational place to ride

[LoutyLout]

amazing. great choice of tune too.

[nellieoneill]

cool vid. fancy doing this myself in August as going to Provence on holiday

[samkf97]

"Doing" ventoux this summer :)

[Gallardo2008]

nice movie

I will do the Ventoux in a few weeks cant wait

what a perfect song for this clip btw

[MrLiber74]

I love this mountain!!! Perfect and amazing video!!! Congrats

[velomanmtl]

Amazing! I can't even imagine going up that monster. Hats off to all that have done it.

[maitlandpat]

@velomanmtl i did it last septembre. took me 5 hours to get up on an old heavy decathlon VTT, with many a break, worth it

[traff22us]

On a recent 3 week riding vacation where we rode almost every large climb in Italy and France (34,747 meters or 114,000' of climbing over 2 1/2 weeks) we capped the trip by riding all 3 Ascents of Mt Ventoux in one day. 84 miles and 4,596 meters in 7 hours 10 minutes. Our first climb to the summit began in Bedouin, then we climbed to the summit from Malauecene and finished it off with the climb to the summit from Sault. We joined a select group of riders in "Club des Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux."

[Cumbriancyclist]

Sounds like a good trip. My son and I rode the Cingles in August, took a bit longer than you, but a great way to 'do' the Ventoux. We chose the same order as you - seemed the best approach

[innismor11]

Did the Mont Ventoux upand down in the early '90's: I think it was something like 1hr30 going up and 21 minutes coming down (topped out at 100kph). I certainly don't remember this much traffic though (good thing because we were using both sides of the road at times coming down (ahem ... NOT recommended!)).

[FrenchFlair15]

in a few years i'm planning on riding up and down the mont ventoux, is the view nice from up there?

[Cumbriancyclist]

Pick a day when the weather is clear, the views are awesome!! And the ride is pretty good too

[innismor11]

The view's nice ... if you're into moonscape .... lol!!

[wonderstuff911]

i parked my car outside bedouin and ran to the sumit and then back to my car on the 16-8-2009. i think the climb is easier on foot than on a bike. the run down was very tough. it took 4h 19m in total and was upto 36 degrees. take plenty to drink and have fun

[mfuzeti]

why released with fast forward video?

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[nickmoran913]

thats how it would look on a longboard

[Syd1940]

My wife and I rode up from Maucelene last year (we were 67/68 then) and rode down this very road to Bedouin on our way back to Beames de Venise.

Good memories but we were wearing rather more clothes it was a cool ride down in early June.

Geoff

[Yarxing]

love it! I realy want to try to climb the Mont Ventoux!

[audax67]

Love that mountain... the descents to Malaucène and Sault are bread and butter, the Bédouin one is one of the greatest delights in cycling. I took it a bit more slowly than this, to make the pleasure last longer. Cup of coffee at Chalet-Réynard, Café Liègois down in Bédouin, 50 clicks recovery trip back to Orange. What a day... I'll be back.

[pjwsnooty]

Unreal! We went down the other side, and what a blast it was! We were all like big kids at the bottom - "How fast?!" "Whaddya get!?" I was ecstatic with my filling-loosening 85 kph, but many were faster, and Phil Anderson (who ran our never-to-be-forgotten trip) overtook us as if on a motorcycle...

[denbrown69]

Awesome. Great soundtrack too. I'm off to Ventoux- inispired now!

[gingilee]

Just did this with my mate last weekend. That decent is out of this world!

Will always remember that...

[alkaseltsa]

He He... look out for that dog mate, i'm sure it's the same one that brought Michael Boorgardt down in the 2007 TDF!!!!

[Yarxing]

@alkaselta, it was Marcus Burghard, your name looks like michael Boogerd :)

[Letsbikeit]

fantastic!

[tresrivos]

Great video. Just climbed the Mont Ventoux myself on august 30rd 2007. Also from Bedoin. Descending is awesome; speed upto 86,77 km/h. Thanks again !