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C y C l i s m e<br />

cycLinG paradise<br />

since 1949, the montG<strong>en</strong>èvre mountain pass, Betwe<strong>en</strong> france and<br />

itaLy, is the sc<strong>en</strong>e of severaL paGes of worLd cycLinG history, witness<br />

to the rise of BartaLi, coppi, zoetemeLk and vir<strong>en</strong>que on the famous<br />

tour de france.<br />

The Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre pass isn’t one of the most<br />

prestigious mountain passes in the cycling world,<br />

“but nevertheless a good little climb,” exclaims<br />

Thierry Mathé, an experi<strong>en</strong>ced local young athlete.<br />

Culminating at 1850 metres, it is classified as<br />

category one or two, on a scale of four.<br />

Two editions of the Tour de France on the<br />

Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre pass remain extremely memorable:<br />

In 1976, the village resort becomes an overnight<br />

stop on the Tour. That particular year a<br />

Dutchman, Joop Zoetemelk, rode to victory in<br />

the last mile, breaking away from Luci<strong>en</strong> Van<br />

Impe. The Belgian competitor won the Tour that<br />

year, but Joop Zoetemelk received a very nice<br />

consolation prize: an apartm<strong>en</strong>t in resort! Today<br />

the champion and his family still regularly visit<br />

Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre.<br />

The second milestone year was 1996, wh<strong>en</strong> the<br />

mountain pass was crossed twice, on both the 8th<br />

and 9th of July. The first day, the weather was so<br />

bad that the pack could only race from Monêtier,<br />

42 Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre mag<br />

instead of the official course from Val d’Isère to<br />

Sestrières in Italy. The Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre pass in a snow<br />

storm pres<strong>en</strong>ted the only real difficulty on the Tour<br />

that year!<br />

Finally, last summer, the 17 th stage of the Tour<br />

de France, from Gap to Pinerolo was marked by<br />

an 11 km to the Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre Pass, crossed by the<br />

leading Fr<strong>en</strong>ch rider Sylvain Chavanel. A great<br />

occasion for a party!<br />

Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre is also the training base for the<br />

AG2R cycling team that prepare here for the<br />

alpine stages of the Tour de France and the<br />

Dauphine Libere. But for cyclists in the village,<br />

the Montg<strong>en</strong>èvre mountain pass is simply a way<br />

back home, a gateway that has since become an<br />

informal and fri<strong>en</strong>dly competition betwe<strong>en</strong> La<br />

Vachette and the Pass. The road itself is pleasant<br />

off-season or in early morning, wh<strong>en</strong> not too busy.<br />

This aerial route, overlooking the Clarée Valley,<br />

offers magnific<strong>en</strong>t views and sometimes the smell of<br />

the larch wood warmed by the sun.<br />

a family circUit<br />

the itinerary begins in Les<br />

alberts and follows the road<br />

along the valley to névache.<br />

one can continue beyond,<br />

to the chalets at Laval, but<br />

the climb is more severe. in<br />

névache, next to the church,<br />

there is a bakery/tea room<br />

where one can <strong>en</strong>joy a blueberry<br />

tart. after névache,<br />

the upper clarée valley is<br />

a wild and secret paradise<br />

offering spl<strong>en</strong>did summer<br />

colours!<br />

> departure: the alberts<br />

> arrival: névache<br />

> L<strong>en</strong>gth: 15.2 km<br />

> elevation: 241 m<br />

(vertical drop: -16 m)<br />

> minimum altitude: 1366 m<br />

> maximum altitude: 1595 m<br />

La feLicit<strong>à</strong><br />

dei cicListi<br />

frateLLo minore deLL’ izoard e deL GaLi-<br />

Bier, iL coLLe deL monGinevro é stato teatro<br />

di aLcune deLLe immaGini più BeLLe deL<br />

cicLismo, come L’ascesa di BartaLi, coppi,<br />

zoetemeLk o anche vir<strong>en</strong>que aL tour de<br />

france. daLLa Grande BoucLe deL 1949 e<br />

fino aLL’edizione deL 2011, questo mitico<br />

coLLe che coLLeGa La francia aLL’itaLia<br />

ha visto saLire e soffrire cicListi di tutto<br />

iL mondo…<br />

Non il colle più prestigioso del ciclismo ma si tratta sempre di<br />

una piccola salita, comm<strong>en</strong>ta Thierry Mathé, giovane sportivo<br />

di Monginevro. M<strong>en</strong>tre il colle del Galibier ha segnato gli<br />

esordi della Grande Boucle nel 1911, seguita nel 1922 da<br />

quella dell’Izoard, il colle del Monginevro ha visto il passaggio<br />

del gruppo solo nel 1949 con Gino Bartali in testa.<br />

Il colle del Monginevro resta nei ricordi per due edizioni.1976<br />

: la stazione div<strong>en</strong>ta arrivo di tappa. <strong>Un</strong> olan<strong>des</strong>e,<br />

Joop Zoetemelk, vince davanti a Luci<strong>en</strong> Van Impe.<br />

Secondo anno importante : 1996, il colle del Monginevro é<br />

scalato due volte, l’8 e il 9 Luglio.<br />

Infine la scorsa estate il Briançonnais ha avuto un altro incontro<br />

con il Tour per 3 giorni.<br />

Monginevro é anche sede degli all<strong>en</strong>am<strong>en</strong>ti della squadra<br />

AG2R-La Mondiale, che vi<strong>en</strong>e a testare l’altitudine per<br />

prepararsi alle tappe di montagna del Tour de France o del<br />

Dauphiné Libéré. Cyril Charlot, che si dif<strong>en</strong>de b<strong>en</strong>e per essere<br />

un neofita, ricorda :« li ho accompagnati nell’ascesa dell’Izoard<br />

dove ho constatato la differ<strong>en</strong>za : loro salivano tranquillam<strong>en</strong>te,<br />

m<strong>en</strong>tre noi eravamo sfiniti», e rid<strong>en</strong>do dice « ho fatto<br />

lo stesso tempo di Jeannie Longo sul colle del Granon! ». Del<br />

ciclismo, questo normando di origine, non conosceva altro che<br />

la sua versione urbana nelle strade di Parigi : la bicicletta.<br />

Ha comprato la sua prima bicicletta da strada nel 2009, all’<br />

arrivo a Monginevro e poi non l’ha più lasciata. Il colle del<br />

Monginevro ? Per i ciclisti del paese é semplicem<strong>en</strong>te la strada<br />

per il ritorno a casa, passaggio obbligato che si trasforma in<br />

una competizione amichevole e informale.<br />

<strong>Un</strong> percorso in famiglia<br />

L’ itinerario comincia agli alberts, segue la strada della<br />

vallata fino a névache. si puo continuare oltre, verso<br />

gli chalet Laval, ma la p<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>za é ancora più forte. « a<br />

névache, a lato della chiesa c’é una panetteria/salone<br />

da the dove ci si puo rifocillare degustando una torta<br />

ai mirtilli. dopo névache la alta valle della clarée é un<br />

angolo di paradiso segreto e selvaggio illuminato dai<br />

colori dell’estate », spiega cyril charlot.<br />

> part<strong>en</strong>za : les alberts. > arrivo : névache.<br />

> Lunghezza : 15,2 km.<br />

> dislivello positivo : 241 m (dislivello negativo : -16 m)<br />

> altitudine mini : 1366 m. > altitudine maxi : 1595 m<br />

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